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To: fyodor_ who wrote (63548)	11/12/2001 10:41:16 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 275872

"If you read the article in detail, you'll note that an Intel VP says 802.11 and not Bluetooth is the future of wireless networking." Yes it is. 802.11a and/or b is the future of wireless networking for the near future. If Philips can deliver on it's promise of a bill of materials of $15 in 2003 for an 802.11b radio, then that pretty much seals it. But there are other aspects of wireless than just networking, or at least networking as we know it. It would be nice to be able to take a laptop or PDA into a building and be able to print, access e-mail, or pass small messages. Yeah, 802.11a/b can do that, but at a significant power cost. If you can do the low bandwidth stuff at a much lower power, that would be more desirable. Range and power consumption is directly related to the power you are will to expend, and there is no sense wasting it unless you have to. Which is why I used the construct "and/or". High power and bandiwidth 8021.11a/b for when you need it, lower power BlueTooth and/or ZigBee for when you don't. Since both the BlueTooth and ZigBee can share the same radio circuitry (if designed for it) as 802.11b, that might be the best choice...