Blazing Wi-Fi Zips Toward Reality

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Blazing Wi-Fi Zips Toward Reality

By Michael Grebb
02:00 AM Jan, 27, 2006 EST

Yeah ... you know you want it.

Blazing-fast Wi-Fi speeds with the kind of stability and range that will let audio and video (even HDTV signals) cut through the air like butter.

No more A/V cables. No more fuss. And no more stutters, pops or lost connections.

Sound like pie in the sky? Perhaps, but the folks over at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE, are giving it their best shot.

On Jan. 19, an IEEE working group approved a proposal for the upcoming 802.11n wireless standard. The draft specifications will come out in March, after which engineers will work toward releasing a final standard in 2007. (IEEE is the organization that devised the existing 802.11x family of standards forming the basis of modern Wi-Fi networks).

More at: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70087-0.html?tw=wn_index_23

[KharmaTrain]

1. Here's The Future Of Radio...And It's Here Now

Hopefully the large broadcasting entities won't try to block this big advancement, but soon your IPOD, Cellphone, PDA and other wireless devices will be a radio or TV...and all digital quality.

Some of us have been at work on this for years and it's getting very exciting. Things that were hard for anyone to comprehend a couple years ago is about to become reality.

[951-Riverside]

2. I'd love to be a non-profit reporter for DU-TV.... :D

[Canuckistanian]

3. Not to mention WiMAX

Which is what I'm working on.

This will allow all us country dwellers to get high-speed with a teeny antenna.

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4. What about security?