RE: CAT5 vs. Wire ---- LESS ----

["BUTLER, Tony, FM" <tony.butler@xxxxxxx>]

> You make some interesting points, particularly given that the
> "decoder"
> I alluded to _is_ a Meridian ;-)

Ahhhh, nice!
>
> Overall, however, the issue of wireless vs. wired is, IMHO, a special
> case of "dedicated infrastructure" vs. "shared
infrastructure".

Do you mean shared amongst heterogenous devices or shared amongst you and
your neighbours?
The wireless home would have it's local wlan dedicated to your house only,
connected via cable/fatter wlan link to the outside world, so the
dedication
is there in that sense.

IT's a way off before all this would happen, but already we have flash
upgradable amps, digital speakers, streaming audio players, games consoles
with broadband connection.  I can't see it being too many more decades
before they all converge to a small no. of standard ways to
inter-communicate.
(What happened to HAVI anyone?), though as with any technological era there
will always be those on the bleeding edge who need that bit more.....


Tony


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