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January 6, 2003

G whiz?

Apple is betting on the 802.11g wireless standard in a mysterious new product is is about to announce. If history plays out the way it did with 802.11b (the original WiFi), the rest of the industry will follow. 802.11g is a higher-speed technology that is backward-compatible with 802.11b, in contrast to 802.11a, which operates in different frequencies.

UPDATE: This article on 802.11 Planet fleshes out the WiFi standards battle.

Posted by Kevin Werbach at January 6, 2003 10:52 AM

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