On Feb 23, 2005, at 10:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
"JM" == Jeanne Massey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JM> I forgot to add a key feature of wireless internet service - it is much
JM> faster than cable or DSL.
Are you sure about that? Typically wireless offers less bandwidth than wired, not more. E.g., the simple protocols that are most commonly used are 11 MBps or 52 (IIRC) for 802.11g. My DSL service is at least 5 times that fast...
If it were faster, than I would certainly imagine that the cable and phone people would be mad! But I bet it's not faster.
On the other hand, it's a heck of a lot cheaper not to have to run cables, be on top of the switch (as with DSL), and not have to rewire your house....
Robert
Okay, I thought I would jump in quick:
Kbps = kilo bits per second KBps = Kilo Bytes per second Mbps = Mega Bits per second MBps = Megabytes per second
Notice the tricky lower and capital B's? (Those computer geeks!)
(Very Very Very) Roughly: 100,000 Kbps = 1 Mbps = 1/10th MBps
-Wireless Protocols (802.11b and g, aka Airport and Airport Extreme for us Mac users) run at 11Mbps and 54Mbps respectively.
-Cable and DSL generally download between 256Kbps and 5Mbps and upload between 128Kbps and 1Mbps
-Your plain old "28.8" or 56k telephone dialup runs at 28,800 Kbps or 56,000 Kbps
So if you have a wireless router, it is likely 2x - 50x faster than your Cable/DSL connection. The Cable/DSL is the bottleneck here. Wireless that is hooked to a faster backbone than what home users have available will be faster in accessing the internet than your Cable/DSL or Wireless hooked to Cable/DSL.
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