Stardate 20010910.0629 (On Screen): Will the new 802.11a wireless networking standard replace 802.11b? It offers five times the bandwidth, which is pretty much unimportant. It uses more power, which may be. And it doesn't try to share spectrum with wireless phones and Bluetooth. But I think the real question which will decide its fate is security: will it have better encryption and protection than the
wet tissue paper that 802.11b uses?
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