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To: Scott C. Lemon who wrote (9295)	11/25/2000 8:04:21 PM
From: Hands Off	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Scott, it was stated in the previous article about the Wi-LAN suit: OFDM was adopted by the international standards body IEEE earlier this year as the standard for next-generation high-speed wireless networking, a standard known as 802.11a If Wi-LAN wins the suit than it would appear anybody developing 802.11a chips would owe them royalties. Where does this leave ISIL and their 11a plans? Do they put them on hold until the suit is decided? TIA Marshall

To: Scott C. Lemon who wrote (9295)	11/25/2000 9:52:20 PM
From: axial	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Hi, Scott - 'So more confusion and chaos around the future of 802.11a ... I keep seeing articles like this one and believe that between lawsuits, and standards "discussions" between 802.11a and HyperLAN, we are going to be seeing a lot of 802.11b become a de facto standard. Sad to say, there is much truth in your observations. Still, the United States is a small, though important, part of the world that waits for resolution of these matters. And America is, as countries go, very well 'wired'. Much more important is the ability to replicate, at low cost and with relative ease, our 'wired' infrastructure in the Third World, through wireless alternatives, such as HiperLAN2, HiperACCESS, HiperLINK, etc. In the great scheme of things, this matter is small potatoes. The recognition of the great potential market is revealed by the presence of newcomers, and their obstructionism, as they fight to gain a place in a field, and a market, that they have never before occupied. Those who need the products most will pay the price for that delay: but the process is irreversible, and the latecomers cannot stop it, nor control it, much as they would like to. Regards, Jim