Re: Tell me if I've got this right.....(please)

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:28:41 GMT, CJT <abujlehc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>MikeP wrote:
>
>> In article <1137635930.455230.226590@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> blahbleh666@xxxxxxxxxxx says...
>>
>>>Hello... I would like to run a bit of Cat5 ethernet cable from an
>>>access point downstairs to a terminal in a bedroom upstairs.
>>
>>
>> Go wireless. I personally pulled hundreds of feet of Cat5 though
>> my house. Most has been abandoned.
>>
>> Wireless is great. With a wireless laptop I can access the Internet
>> from my living room, kitchen, back porch, study, bedroom, front
>> yard, garage, BBQ pit, RV in the driveway. Move the desktop
>> machines without pulling more CAT5.
>>
>> Wireless more than adequate for use; reading news groups, browsing
>> the web, most Internet video/audio, and fps games .....
>>
>> www.dslreports.com ... lots of good info to be found.
>
>Wired can be faster, more secure and more reliable. Of course, if
>wireless is fast, secure, and reliable enough for you, it wins on
>convenience.

Convenience in what?
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