Comments on: Is it time for ubiquitous Wi-Fi?

At the start of the year, Jon Oltsik predicted 2008 would be the year of the 802.11n Wi-Fi standard. Events at the Interop convention lead him to believe his prediction was spot on.

[InklingBooks]

I quote: "Before my guys hit the workforce, wired Ethernet and the venerable RJ-45 Ethernet jack may slide into a similar nostalgic category."

Let's hope everyone is smarter than that. Passing over the serious security issues with wireless, there remain many, many problems with interference in device rich environments. And does a bank in a high rise want the security issues of having all their transactions, however encrypted, open to anyone for miles around. Or does a small business with but two desktop computers five feet apart really want the hassles of wireless setup when a short cable will be easier, faster and more secure.

G. K. Chesterton often made fun of those (like his friend H.G.Wells) who predict the future by extending the present. You seem to be doing the same thing.

That said, Ethernet does need a better connector than that hard to disconnect RJ-45, something more like the power connector on MacBooks. A better connector would make connecting wired as easy as connecting wirelessly.

--Michael W. Perry, editor of Chesterton on War and Peace.

[hawkeyeaz1]

Turntables are making a come-back, actually.

And I agree with the above comment, as TJMax likely should with their recent wireless break-in, among many other stores who suffer regularly.

[willdryden]

My house will never have a wireless network in it. I'm a radio tech and I know better.

[benjaminstraight]

benjamin straight writes: The break in is a risk associated.