From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.lang.hm (unknown [66.167.227.145]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B29F13CB35 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:33:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from asgard.lang.hm (syslog [10.0.0.100]) by mail.lang.hm (Postfix) with ESMTP id 944AE8821E; Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:33:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:33:01 -0700 (PDT) From: David Lang X-X-Sender: dlang@asgard.lang.hm To: Dave Taht cc: Make-Wifi-fast In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="680960-452479905-1568838781=:25233" Subject: Re: [Make-wifi-fast] 20 year anniversary of wifi X-BeenThere: make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 20:33:02 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --680960-452479905-1568838781=:25233 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT I had some homerf devices, they were signficantly slower than 802.11b but they were also far cheaper (they were ~$150 for a card where 802.11b were ~$800 each) a few years later the 'junk' vendors started producing 802.11b devices, the prices dropped, and they caught on. David Lang On Mon, 16 Sep 2019, Dave Taht wrote: > Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 23:46:38 +0100 > From: Dave Taht > To: Make-Wifi-fast > Subject: [Make-wifi-fast] 20 year anniversary of wifi > > I remember experimenting with "homeRF". I cannot remember for the life > of me what it was like. > > and to me, why wifi took off was that it had a strong investment by > apple AND heavy interest from the geek community, with a couple > drivers that actually worked, and because of the coffee shop > phenomenon.... > > Shure, everything else here was important, too: > > https://www.wired.com/story/how-wi-fi-almost-didnt-happen/ > -- > > Dave Täht > CTO, TekLibre, LLC > http://www.teklibre.com > Tel: 1-831-205-9740 > _______________________________________________ > Make-wifi-fast mailing list > Make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/make-wifi-fast --680960-452479905-1568838781=:25233--