--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you want higher speeds, isn't it going to be much more practical from > a cost and throughput level to use WiFi or higher powered WiFi with a > ham license than to move to slightly higher speed packet?
The 2.4 Ghz ISM band that 802.11b/802.11g WiFi uses is very overcrowded. Not only with WiFi signals, but tons of other stuff as well. The 5 ghz band of 802.11a is just too high up for many applications, which is one of the reason why there's not much noise up there.
