Abracadabra and ... (poof!) ... no wires!: Wireless home networking is working its magic on the market, and it looks like the IEEE's 802.11 approach may steal the show.(Statistical Data Included)

CED, November, 2001 by Lafferty, Michael

Broadband service providers have always touted the capabilities of their platform to deliver vast amounts of voice, video and data. Unfortunately, as more and more new services roll out of the broadband pipe, consumers have a lot of content on their hands ... and no place to put it.

That's where home networking comes in. While a number of people and companies believe the "no new wires" approach (see "Highly wired act," on page 36) is the way to go, there is a growing crowd of proponents who believe "no wires at all" is an even better way to go.

But, even in the wire-free space, there are competing technologies and approaches. While Bluetooth, HomeRF and the IEEE's 802.11 specs are knocking heads (See Figure 1, page 48), by many accounts, they're...

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