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   Who is it helping?

   

   Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased), Aug 29th, 2006 @ 2:50pm

   
   

   The telco's! Holding back the Wi-Fi revolution!

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   reminds me of...

   

   Me, Myself, and I, Aug 29th, 2006 @ 3:08pm

   
   

   a good lil' show called ghost in the shell. the whole cyber-everything and global wireless internet is a great idea, but if you have watched the show, it does present a few feasable problems with such a world
   
   my advice, brain-internet would be cool

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   Who creates the standards...

   

   TriZz, Aug 29th, 2006 @ 3:48pm

   
   

   ...on creating a standard?
   ...on creating a standard body?
   
   Obviously there's ways around this. Push/Pull. We just need to pull.

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   Sohrab, Aug 29th, 2006 @ 5:53pm

   
   

   So are we looking at hitting a hitch in the system where my Vaio might not work with a Netgear but my HP might work with the Netgear while my Vaio will only with with Linksys?
   
   I hope to god not. We need a freakin standard.

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   Re:

   

   Anonymous Coward, Aug 29th, 2006 @ 6:12pm

   
   

   Its nice to know their are people that know how to count

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   We need a standard

   

   Nic Stevens, Aug 29th, 2006 @ 9:12pm

   
   

   We don't necessarily need the IEEE, esp. if they are being influenced by the wireless telcos.
   
   Why can't HP, Dell, Broadcom, Cisco, etc. form their own consortium for an 802.11n standard? They probably cannot call it 802.11n since 802.11 is an IEEE standard but why not have a WiMAX consortium?
   
   It's to every company's benefit that there is *A* standard.

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   Get the standard fast

   

   Louis, Aug 29th, 2006 @ 9:25pm

   
   

   All you have to do is to lock those standard approver people in a building with no option of getting out until a standard is approved. After two weeks or so, cut the food supply in half. After another two weeks, do the same again. I'm sure that the new standard will be created in less than 2 months.

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   Re: Get the standard fast

   

   Anonymous Coward, Aug 30th, 2006 @ 5:45am

   
   

   Either that, or you'll have only two fat guys left on your team, and they'll be too busy watching each other to get any work done.
   
   It is VERY hard to work on a standard when you're afraid your coworker is going to eat you.

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   Re: We need a standard

   

   DoxAvg, Aug 30th, 2006 @ 6:35am

   
   

   That would be an interesting fight to see; in Ye Olde '486 days, the courts ruled that you couldn't trademark a number. Of course, 802.11n is not _only_ a number, but is _mostly_ a number. I'm curious how that would play out...

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    We need the threat of a standards body

    

    Swordfishbob, Aug 30th, 2006 @ 3:08pm

    
    

    There have been consortia (?) over the years for many things, and they seem to fare worse as far as I can remember. You end up with multiple standards that try NOT to interoperate, leaving consumers with gear guaranteed NOT compatible until the market has spent a few years deciding which they prefer. HD-DVDs anyone?
    That said, IEEE should be moving quicker to achieve a standard. If a party has it working, and working well, then get on with it

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