Re: why does the 360 still not have built-in wifi?

The alMIGHTY N wrote:
On Dec 16, 11:57 am, "Morgan" <Nos...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Laptops were designed to be used outside of the household. While there
are certainly people who are going to own only a laptop and not a
desktop, it is most often a portable computer that allows people to
take their work with them wherever they go and sync up with their home
computer later.

*Were* designed yes, about 20 years ago. Modern laptop are now also frequently used by people who want a PC that takes up less space and has less wires. Look at the modern choice of laptops. The majority of commercially available ones are not aimed at office workers. Hell, they're becoming a fashion accessory.

(regardless of
whether people may use them in the household). Wi-fi is more the
domain of coffee shops and libraries than actual households

Not true at all.

Absolutely true. We could go on and on like this forever.

Wi-fi is very common in public places such as libraries or parks or in
eateries that hope to draw you in with the convenience of being able
to go online during lunch or a quick coffee break.

I never said It wasn't I am just *correctly* saying that this is not it's most common use.

It's certainly in use in homes - I never said that it wasn't - but
it's not common,

It is common. It's becoming very common

at least here in the United States. I can't speak as
much to England or other countries that are well ahead of the United
States in terms of what kind of technology is offered to the average
person.

The US being behind does not make any of your statements more true. The US are not the only country on this planet. I'd also be very surprised if the country is as technologically backwards as you think.

where
there's generally only one desktop PC hooked up where the internet/
phone/cable guy ran the wires.

Mobile phones and PDAs again are devices meant to be used "on the
go" and wi-fi was designed with that intent in mind.

No it wasn't. It was designed to be used as a means of connectivity
without wires. The ability to roam from one network to another is
not a feature of wireless, a wired network could do the exact same
job by having accessible Ethernet ports.

People wanted "a means of connectivity without wires" so they could
easily access networks while on the go. This technology was driven by
the growing number of mobile devices and the desire for a unified
method of communication across devices from different manufacturers.

TCP/IP by its very nature can do that. Wireless is just a different medium.

The driving force was mobile devices.

Yeh, laptops, but not specifically to roam between different WLANs, and not exclusively.

Wireless
routers for internet access have become a standard piece of equipment
provided
free by ISPs,

Not in the United States, they haven't. Verizon FIOS's router is a
wired/wireless router but most providers do NOT give you a wireless
router as a standard part of your package.

it is certainly more common to have wireless access to
broadband
than it is to have an Ethernet port in close proximity to your
living room TV, even if there's one in the same room, who wants a
length of Cat5 tacked around the skirting board.

It is certainly more common to have ethernet cables "tacked around the
skirting board" where they're out of the way and not even noticeable.
Most of the time, the cable wires are already running there so adding
ethernet cables is no big deal at all. And if the installer ran the
lines through the walls instead, you can be sure they could also run
ethernet cables in the same paths (maybe for a small fee).

Just about everyone I know with internet access also has wireless. I don't know a single person who has Cat5 tacked around their skirting board.

A quick scan from my laptop shows 5 home
wireless networks in range of my house, I'd say that that's pretty
much common usage.

There are *ZERO* wireless networks in range of my house. I don't know
how crowded it is over there in England, but here in the States many
more people live in suburbs and rural areas than in urban
metropolises.

I live in a suburban area in semi-detached with a decent amount of space between houses and a substantial gap between roads.


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