Laurent Daudelin wrote: > And what is a symptom of these interferences? I have a 2.4GHz phone and my > ABS in the same room. I didn't notice any problem so far, except that I used > to be able to travel on the deck with my Pismo and still get a signal, while > I did notice last weekend that I had problem keeping the signal.
You get dropped connections, and MUCH degraded performance when it hits. You will only notice it, of course, when your phone and your airport is on at the same time (and you're using both). Almost makes the broad-band-less (and Airport-less) me go nyah nyah. But at 56k it's more like n y a h n y <yawn> a h. ;-P Microwave ovens will do the same thing, and there's some new kind of lighting coming online that leaks noise in the same range, potentially obliterating the use of the 2.4 ghz band (of course, this wipes out phones as well) in it's vicinity: http://www.strohpub.com/0701feat.htm The big problem, of course, is that the FCC never set aside bandwidth for the exlusive use of wireless communications devices per se...the bandwidth that Airport and cordless phones us is a sort of 'free for all' area, (which also includes microwave ovens, medical devices and industrial equipment) something that Apple and others fought hard to maintain (because otherwise the FCC would just auction it off to the highest briber errr bidder, and it would be closed off for general use.), but also something that makes to so that these people with freakin' streetlights that emit in the 2.4 ghz range can just blast all the other devices to oblivion. What needs to be done is a bandwidth allocation has to be set aside by the FCC for wireless internetworking alone, but hey, that would require them to act in the <gasp> *public* interest and that doesn't bring in enough bribe money, err campaign contributions...:-( Can't have that! -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
