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...more on Wi-Fi and wireless networks, go to www.wirelessethernet.org Questions for Josh? E-mail him at jquit@well.com
...Wi-Fi. While nothing bores me more than new standards, look for Wi-Fi compatibility as you shop for wireless stuff. The name stands for "wireless fidelity"; what it means is that any network devices that are Wi-Fi certified can work together. Why should you care? Because increasingly, you'll be able to use these devices in public places like airport lounges, hotels and fast-food joints to find and hop onto high-speed connections...
Today you can take that same laptop with the Wi-Fi wireless network card to the Austin Bergstrom Airport, in Austin, Texas. For a fee, you can connect to the Wi-Fi-compatible network there and roar out onto the Internet. Or go to any one of 30 hotels in Tampa, Fla., Phoenix, Ariz., and Austin and get online wirelessly from your room. By year's end, more than 1,000 hotels and 25 major airports in the U.S. are expected to offer this service; a dozen airports in Europe will also have it and be compatible. I'm told...