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November 26, 2005
Who needs wires?
When the Kafalas.com braintrust and I purchased a piece of land back in 2000, we intended to build a house on it and locate there. For many reasons, the scenario changed (hence the real-estate listing you see on the linked page), but when we were planning on staying in Flagstaff and were busily putting our house plans together, one item we were sure we wanted the house to have was cabling, and lots of it. We were going to have big conduits going through all the walls, floors, ceilings, and other solid parts, so that we'd be able to string fiber optic, CAT-5, Ethernet, and whatever other kinds of spaghetti would be necessary to get our house all wired up and ready for 21st-century networking.
For a variety of reasons, the house never got built -- but as of this past week, the 21st-century networking part has become a reality; in a decidedly 20th-century house we're living in. No voluminous cable conduits through the walls, no CAT-5, no spaghetti -- just a tidy little wireless network sitting on a shelf we put up for the occasion, which you can see here. From my Mac here in my office, I can connect to the DSL line, print stuff, talk to Meg's machine, and do all manner of things, with no need for any stringy pasta products at all!
Funny how things change. 'Way back in 2000, we (or at least I) had no idea the Next Big Thing™ in wiring up the home would be to lose the wires! But then, back in 2000, I thought the Next Big Thing™ was going to be telecommuting -- and we saw what happened to that. So much for my abilities as a technology prognosticator.
Posted by Urbie at November 26, 2005 08:50 AM
Comments
Oh we lose some speed with the wireless, but compared to what we had.....@@
When we own our walls again, your Friendly Systems Administrator will be running cable. OX, M
Posted by: Meg at November 26, 2005 10:59 AM
By then, I'm betting the wireless bandwidth will be high enough that we still won't need cables! :-D
Posted by: Urb at November 28, 2005 07:02 AM