Subj : Re: Wireless Broadband Qu
To   : Ed Vance
From : Holger Granholm
Date : Wed May 16 2018 09:36 am

In a message on 05-15-18 Ed Vance said to All:

GE Ed,

EV> From what I can guess by what I've read is they may be putting Fiber
EV> Optic lines in my area.

So what? There's fiber in the house where I live but I'm not connected.
WiFi means that the communication is by radio waves in the GHz bands.

EV> The letters mention a Wi-Fi gateway and to me it sounds like the
EV> Telephone Company is changing their DSL Internet Service to a

EV> I don't use Wi-Fi at all.

I use Wifi on all my laptops and also on the stationary machines.
To use WiFi on stationary machines you need a Network Adapter that
either plugs into a USB port or connects to a network port.

In my case it's an Asus USB-N13 Network adapter.

The laptops have a built-in WiFi adapter, even the oldest ones have it.

I still have two copper lines connected to the phone company.


GN es 73 de Sam, OH0NC

aka Holger


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