Free stuff (UK) again

From: Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk_at_yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu Jul 8 16:11:58 2004

On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 20:03, Pete Turnbull wrote:
> On Jul 8, 9:40, Jules Richardson wrote:
>
> > (Interestingly, there seems to be a huge drive toward wireless at the
> > moment, and people only find out how slow and unreliable it is when
> it's
> > too late - all I've heard from real installations so far are horror
> > stories and nothing along the lines of "oh yeah, it works fine")
>
> Yeah, we keep getting asked why we're not putting wireless in our
> residences, offices, and everywhere else..

Glad it's not just me :)

> The fact is that wired is
> cheaper, especially given the steel in many of the buildings,

I wonder if it is that buildings in the UK tend to have a lot more steel
in the walls than elsewhere in the world?

> Wireless is great for some types of point-to-point, casual use, a very
> small number of users in a small area, or devices that must remain in
> contact while moving about. Otherwise it sucks.

Thing the worries me is that a lot of schools seem to be upgrading here,
presumably at vast expense, only to find that it doesn't do the job.

I'm not actually aware how the prices for wireless compare to Ethernet
cards, hubs, cabling etc. so I can't say how much a fresh wireless
installation would cost against a more traditional setup.

cheers

Jules
Received on Thu Jul 08 2004 - 16:11:58 BST