Would you sign up for free WiFi?

[Rock Steady]

Originally Posted by tw

I don't understand where this advocacy of Wi-Fi for wide area networks comes from. The industry has long since moved away from the so flawed BPL and other limited (insufficient) technologies to Wi-Max, Wi-Bro, and other possible solutions such as the upgrade to Motorola's Canopy. The current standard in development is 802.16

Meanwhile, for Wi-Fi (local networks), 802.11s involving mesh networks and wideband spread spectrum is also in development; 802.11n already approved as an upgrade to 802.11g.

I knew little about this stuff before recently. A director at Intel told me that the WiFi is the commodity that makes it economical. He had a project where the cost of any new poles were more than the WiFi boxes.