[ale] wireless lan that's not wifi?

[christopher at bergeron.com]

Could he be talking about HAM radio?  They've been
using radio signals with modems to communicate miles
with "wireless".

There's also Ricochet, etc...  

-CB



On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:01:16 -0400, Michael Still wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 06:43:10 -0400, Geoffrey
> <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:
> > So I'm talking to this guy yesterday and he tells me
> there's this
> > wireless technology out there that can be used for
> networking and he
> > refers to it as 'wireless lan.'  Says it's not wifi
> and actually has
> > been around longer than wifi.  Can't be bluetooth. 
> So folks, anyone
> > know what this magical, mysterious technology is?
> > 
> 
> This guy isn't blowing smoke.  I can't remember the
> name of it right
> now, but I do know that 802.11a,b,g isn't the first
kid
> on the block
> for wireless data.  I'm pretty sure it was proprietary
> technology only
> sold by a few companies.  It's dead by now I figure.
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