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AirPort Extreme Remains Extreme
9:56 AM - Friday, May 23 2003 ~InfoWorld.com and Apple
Strongly implied in a report on InfoWorld.com written by Computerworld's Bob Brewin was the contention that the IEEE's recently released final draft standard for 802.11g -- the wireless protocol that Apple's AirPort Extreme is built upon -- proposed a spec that was throttled back from 54Mbps to 20Mbps. Sounded like a megabummer, but when we contacted Apple AirPort honchos, they informed us that not only was that implication wrong, but also that Apple has been -- of course -- carefully monitoring the development of the final draft standard, and that it is, if anything, even a wee bit better-performing in its final form. So, the one-day 802.11g flap has been cleared up, and it's now officially time for a lovely weekend of beer, barbeque, Indy racing, and contemplation of the demise of 802.11a.