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To: XBrit who wrote (44710)	12/6/2000 6:59:04 PM
From: oldirtybastard	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

But the biggest gadget bust of all is going to be this wireless internet fantasy. This whole concept has so many crippling drawbacks it's almost funny... user interface, speed, cost, functionality, convenience, you name it. IDC forecasts 80 million US wireless users by 2003 or something, and this is the centerpiece on which the cell phone industry is pinning its whole future? Sheesh. In a previous occupation, I troubleshot ethernet and token ring networks, IP, IPX all that crap...The problems this wireless stuff will run into will be huge. Of course when you look at the equations and the theory, everything should work great, except it never does. Doesn't affect current wireless too much because speed is low, but as soon as those packets get moving faster stuff like latency and data corruption come into play more and more...even now, when I use my sprint pcs web browser to check stock quotes, it is out of service much more often even when regular voice service is working and I am showing good reception. I have a feeling people won't be very quick to adopt all this new gear that's supposed to be coming until the kinks are worked out. Who knows, I could be wrong and the future wireless buildout could end up being faultless and going right as planned -g