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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (27500)	10/5/2002 11:05:42 AM
From: JohnG	Read Replies (3) of 196702

Maurice W. Interested in 802.11b/a. Here in the US, I have had my eye on this. Checked at Comp USA a month or so ago and also spoke with the man who repairs my PC. Something like his could me a good suplement to cellular/PCS. My thouhts are as follows: 1) Per my computer repair guy, he or most any skilled computer/software person can crack into a 802.11a network and use it. Some sites don't even have the security turned on, but those that do are easily cracked, He seemed to think that he could go farther than just using the network for free -- perhaps entering the system or monitoring the transmissions of other users wih little trouble. Having said that, I am sure corporations that want to secure their information will ask their ee's not to use it -- at least for company business. There are some thoughts that built in 802.11a scanning in laptops will get laptops banned fron airplane use due to possible interfearance with mission critical fleight systems. 2) Perhaps the security problems can be repaired-- can't say. 3) 802.11b cards and accessories are extremely costly for now in the US. Prohibitively so. 4) The high price that your provider charges ($5.megabyte) should be regarded as transitional. Time, competition and 1XEVDO will bring it down --probably by the time 802.11 can fix its problems. 5) Engineer has commented that having thousands of 802.11a sites defines a system not easy to keep in a reliable state pf repair. Further, the sites themselves must be linked to the internet--another source of unreliability. Further, each site is basically controlled by the property owner where the site is located and operates to whatever standards of service that property owner is willing to enforce--another way of saying that when everbody is responsible, nobody is responsible. Its hard to say how great would be the reliability and security problems of the whole patchwork system. I see it mor as a play system for kids and tean agers to inexpensively hone their skills.

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