[kwlug disc.] detecting wireless

[Andrew Kohlsmith]

On Sunday 11 March 2007 1:06 pm, Raul Suarez wrote:
> When connecting to the internet you are lucky to get 5
> Mbps from a regular HighSpeed ISP, so having a
> wireless at 10Mbps is more than enough, why spend on
> 54Mbps or 100 or 300?

Radios capable of higher speeds generally have better transmission and 
reception characteristics (e.g. spectral clarity, receive sensitivity, better 
electronics and algorithms for denoise and DSP) which make them better 11mbps 
radios as well.

It's the same thing with these superfast processors today... they are 
generally MUCH more energy efficient than the old 80386 and Pentium Pro 
processors, so even if you don't need all that number-crunching capability 
you're still saving energy.

-A.