On 5 aug 2008, at 13:52, John C Klensin wrote:
I don't think it would be unreasonable to turn off 802.11b support by now and set the multicast speed to 6 Mbps or more in order to make the 2.4 GHz band more usable.
With the understanding that I don't expect IETF to support either my 900 MHz RoamAbout hardware or the FHSS card I bought some years ago specifically for IETF use, please note that the comment above is yet another way to increase costs to participants.
No it isn't. You are welcome to use the wired ethernet if the one-time $30 investment in a 802.11g USB dongle is the straw that breaks the camel's back. That is of course highly inconvenient (until the "wired ether for the jabber scribe" policy is implemented), but only for a few people. Several hundreds of other participants who have 802.11g (or 2.4 GHz n) but not 802.11a / 5 GHz n will be much happier because the network works much better.
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