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Date:  Wed, 09 Feb 2005 17:24:00 -0500 (EST)
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From:  "Jeffrey Smick" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  "os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Subject: [OS2Wireless] 802.11g

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:11:18 -0800, Neil Waldhauer wrote:

>Maybe so in Italy. But in USA, it is 802.11g that is useless. A cheap
>connection is likely to be DSL or a Cable modem in the USA. Both these
>connections are far slower than 803.11b, at least for most subscribers. So, for
>all the connections I'm likely to see, 802.11b is exactly the same speed as
>802.11g.

Yes, but you are only considering communications with the internet. For LAN activities the higher speed would be useful 
and useable.

Jeffrey R Smick
Homepage @ http://home.earthlink.net/~jeff.smick
Blog @ http://home.earthlink.net/~jeff.smick/blogger/blogger.html

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