[WISPA] 802.11y // Thoughts?

2008-12-26 Thread Drew Lentz
I have been hearing a lot of chatter over the last 2 months about 802.11y. I¹m not sure if I missed a thread about it or not, but what are the general thoughts? I just answered a question on LinkedIn about it. Here¹s the question and here¹s my answer to start the convo: Question: Will the new

Re: [WISPA] 802.11y // Thoughts?

2008-12-26 Thread David E. Smith
Drew Lentz wrote: Will the new 802.11y standard affect the sales of proprietary WiMAX equipment? Since 802.11y gear operate in the 3650 - 3700 MHz band in the US, and it's based on WiFi, isn't it a better alternative to all that expensive WiMAX gear? Depends on your definition of better. It