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The future of Wi-Fi: are hotspots truly a global phenomenon?(Wi-Fi)

Publication: Wireless Business & Technology
Publication Date: 01-SEP-04
Format: Online - approximately 1656 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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WBT's Ron Dennis interviews Zaga Novakovic on what it's like trying to find a hotspot when you're really off the beaten track.

Zaga Novakovic is a traveler both in the physical world and in time. She is comfortable in Thailand, in Paris, and in the future. One of her jobs is looking into...

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...the future of wireless networking, or, more accurately, looking into our future to see how Wi-Fi fits into it. Zaga's report is available for several thousand dollars at the Mind Commerce Web site at www.mindcommerce.com and it is well worth the fee. I managed to get an excerpt of this article and to talk with Zaga between her trips around the world.

I first met Zaga when she sent me an e-mail saying, "I just devoured your articles in Wireless Business & Technology and had to write you immediately." That certainly got my attention since I love fan mail (hint: write to me). Then she tore my articles to pieces with a few choice sentences!

I had written about Vivato's ability to provide wireless access to Golden Gate Park with just two antennas. "Big deal!" said Zaga. "Don't forget that the 11Mbps or whatever speed your 802.11x has is a shared resource."

She's right, of course. We could provide access to Golden Gate Park, but at 11Mbps only a few people could actually use it. Otherwise access speed would drop to nothing! Of course Vivato (the subject of my article) had answers involving multiple...

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