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Wireless Growth & Wireless Interference

Posted by Hemos on from the confusing-the-waves dept.

windowpain writes "An article in Monday's Washington Post says "The explosive growth of the mobile phone industry has crowded and tangled the nation's airwaves to such an extent that wireless company signals are increasingly interfering with emergency radio frequencies used by police and firefighters, public safety agencies said." Wifi is not a problem, evidently. Understandable, given its short range."

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  1. Geek centric? by Thinkit3 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, mobile phones are for the stupid mainstream people who just like to talk. Wifi is for the future, intelligent geeks who need high-bandwidth data streams. Geek spin going on here?

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