[mythtv-users] New mac mini The frontend for mythTV?

[Brian Wood]

On Wednesday, June 16, 2010 01:32:18 pm Brian Wood wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 16, 2010 01:20:52 pm James Walker wrote:
> > The wireless debate is an interesting one. But given the theoretical
> > bandwidth of 802.11n, the actual bandwidth that people I know actually
> > achieve in the house, then add in the wireless network being used by
> > others as well as streamed content, well success seems to be mixed.  But
> > hey, if you have it working in your situation then great.  :-)
> 
> But no guarantee that it will continue to work. If your neighbor gets some
> new WiFi device, or a new microwave oven, or even a cordless phone, your
> network can turn into a notwork quickly, causing you to need to do
> nightwork.

Speaking of cordless phones. I have discovered that many units that say ""5.8 Ghz." loudly, or something other than 2.4 
Ghz., are only using that non-2.4Ghz. channel in one direction, and use 2.4 Ghz. for the other. So they are not actually 
lying, but they are certainly not telling the whole story.

If buying a cordless phone and wanting to avoid WiFi interference, make sure that BOTH directions use something other than 
2.4 Ghz. It can sometimes be hard to determine this for certain.

It must be great to be a tech gear vendor. When most of your customers do not know what they are buying, or how to 
diagnose problems with it, it leads to fewer complaints, and the ones you do get can be dismissed easily by lying to the 
customer.

Self-regulation rarely works well, or at all, and vendors will get away with anything they can. Note the problems with the 
self-certification of "Energy Star" devices, or deep water oil wells.

But we never seem to learn.