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To: ftth who wrote (5186)	3/11/2002 12:26:54 AM
From: CF Rebel	Respond to of 46821

There's an article in the 3/18/02 issue of Forbes about the 802.11 flanking action. Also available at forbes.com on 4 pages (may require free registration). forbes.com "The Wi-fi wave has already linked up an estimated 10 million laptops, Palm handhelds and other gadgets in hundreds of small, extremely local wireless networks. Some of these are commercial--one firm put them in several hundred Starbucks coffee shops. Many others are "freenets," access points provided gratis by 802.11 devotees who are, in essence, seeding the business. Mesh enough of these networks together and you have a mini-Net free of the phone and cable monopolies that control the "last mile" of wiring into your house. That's why 802 threatens them the most..." © 2001 Forbes.com™ CF Rebel