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Sluggish WiFi Connections Hurt Everyone

MindNumbingOblivion writes "Wireless technology has revolutionized access to local area networks when one can't always be close to an ethernet jack. But a recent research paper from the French Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique tells how one slow user accessing a hot point can hurt the whole group. Apparently the very nature of CSMA/CD guarantees such anomalies. Here's the story, and here's the release from CNRS (in French)."

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    1. Re:GNAA! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      is that really cliff? I might have gained respect for him. Of course, he's probably one of the better editors here. (which is like winning gold in the special olympics).

    2. Re:GNAA! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  3. perhaps this is why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    the French are so quick to surrender.... damn cheese eating, wifi choking, surrender monkeys..

  4. Surrendermonkeys! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  7. Followup by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    There is an interesting follow-up thread in the Smoke Tech Center's message boards. Check it out.

  8. We've known about this since it's inception.. by slackingme · · Score: -1, Troll
    Who didn't expect this? WiFi+iBook == wireless porn. Porn downloads require bandwidth, and even though it seems to come out of thin air.. it is, in reality, limited.

    Score one for the /. "no-duh" list.

  9. Re:But AC accused love of boy sex is free too by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    boyfucker. watch what you reply to