There was an earlier post saying that the debate on this subject would last 5 minutes. Here's someone with something of a contrarian view. I won't comment, will leave that to the group :)
-Ken -------------------------------------- Hotels: Slip Sliding Away-- from 802.11 Planet www.80211-planet.com/columns/article/0,4000,1781_1473511,00.html <start> When Wyndham International announced recently that it was partnering with Sprint to provide high-speed Internet services in 35 Wyndham hotel and resort properties, it was no big surprise to hear that the initiative involved 802.11b wireless access. What might have come as a tiny shock, if it was even noted, is that, Sprint will be installing wired Ethernet, not wireless, access to guest rooms in the Wyndham hotels. Wi-Fi will only be used for common areas and meeting rooms -- and in the latter, wired connections will also be used in many cases. That's not all. Wyndham senior vice president and chief technology officer Mark Hedley believes that within three to five years, high-speed wireless Internet access in hotels will be provided not over local 802.11 networks but via nationwide 3G networks. ... </snip> -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
