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Wi-Fi to replace Ethernet
in two years
Nick Farrell
The Inquirer
Thursday Aug 30, 2007
IT ANALYST outfit Burton claims that within two to
three years we will be replacing all our wired Ethernet cable
with wireless.
Comparing gigabit Ethernet with the latest version of Wi-Fi, 802.11n,
Burton's Paul DeBeasi said that companies should be thinking about
switching their local-area networks from wired to wireless about
now.
According to
ZDNet, he claimed that the new 802.11n standard "will
put pervasive mobility on the fast track".
DeBeasi consulted his coffee grinds and saw that 802.11n would
make serious inroads into wired Ethernet's market over the next
two to three years. Part of the reason are the growing numbers
of lappy users, the increased use of mobile applications and the
deployment of VoIP.
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He said that wired Ethernet would continue to be necessary in
switch trunks and data centre networks for many years to come
but days of wires are over.
Still, people predicted in the 1950s that we would be going to
work by jet pack by now.
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INFOWARS:
BECAUSE THERE'S A WAR ON FOR YOUR MIND
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