WiFi will complement the home network

Not rule it.  An article on GigaOm today by Stacy Higginbotham talks about how WiFi will rule the home network.

I believe that WiFi can COMPLEMENT the home network, but it won’t rule the home network.

As I’ve mentioned in the past, as more bandwidth intensive applications come to be, the need for speed will be more prevalent.

Right now, I have a Comcast cable connection at home which is about 6,993 kb/s download and 1036 kb/s upload speed wise (this is much faster uploading than normal, but that’s what the test showed tonight at www.speedtest.net).

I look forward to the day when Verizon rolls their FIOS option out to my neighborhood.  I’ll be one of the first to sign up.

I believe that as we all get used to online video, and voice over IP (Skype anyone?) and other applications such as this, that the beauty of a wired connection is going to reign supreme over a wireless connection.

Wireless is nice for general usage, but for bandwidth intensive applications, a wired connection will rule the home network.  If you have the choice to have a wired connection or a wireless connection, I strongly advise wired, even if it is more expensive in the short run.

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