On Tuesday (07/02/2002 at 11:09AM -0500), Matthew S. Hallacy wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 10:34:32AM -0500, Nate Carlson wrote:
> > Anyone got any Bluetooth gear?
> > 
> > I just picked up an Ericsson T68, and it'd be interesting to see what kind
> > of rates you can get using Bluetooth and GPRS for 'net access.. I've heard
> > that with their compression, it can be as fast as a 56k modem.
> 
> Sounds like a wonderful use of the 2.4ghz spectrum, not.

No kidding.  Bluetooth has been seen to take out big chunks of 802.11b
WLANs and for a while, many large 802.11b sites were banning
Bluetooth gadgets from their premises.  The two definitely don't
coexist... at least in close proximity.

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