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Wireless at Firewire Speeds?

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday May 7, 2003 @10:02AM from the I'll-believe-it-when-I-see-it dept.

MeCoward writes "EETimes reporting on working group that hopes to leapfrog 802.11 to create wireless 1394 links. Initially 100mbps but aiming for 400mbps." I don't expect to see this anytime soon, but it certainly makes things like wireless HDTV feasible. Sure would be cool. Of course Bluetooth is only now just catching on, so imagine how long it'll be before this becomes practical.

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Only in the US... by ischorr · 2003-05-07 10:38 · Score: 1, Offtopic

"Of course Bluetooth is only now just catching on, so imagine how long it'll be before this becomes practical."

Bluetooth "caught on" in Europe quite a while back. It's just us backwards Americans that are just now figuring out Bluetooth and GSM (and I don't think we'll EVER move metric..)