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On Thursday 02 November 2006 07:41, Iain Buchanan wrote: |
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> On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 17:56 -0800, Grant wrote: |
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> > I'm reading now that bluetooth uses the 2.4Ghz band which is just |
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> > about tapped out around here. |
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> tapped? do you mean people tap into it? It is fairly easy to "tap" |
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> into a bluetooth headset - the standard passwords for simple devices |
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> are usually 0000, 1111, and that sort of thing. |
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I think he means "maxed out". And he apparently doesn't realise how much |
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bandwidth is available around 2.4Ghz: for example between 2.4 and 2.5 |
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there's 5 times more bandwidth than the *entire* FM radio spectrum, or |
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enough space for about 20 TV stations |
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> > My wireless keyboard and wireless |
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> > network use it, and since I'm in an apartment there's no telling |
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> > how many other people are doing the same, along with their |
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> > microwaves and phones. Has anyone used a bluetooth headset in an |
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> > environment with other devices utilizing the 2.4Ghz band? |
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> I use bluetooth in our office, with 2 802.11 b/g access points, and a |
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> handful of laptops / pda's and I haven't noticed any interference. I |
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> doubt the bandwidth is "throttled" though... |
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Similar around here. With an effective range of about 2m, it will take a |
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lot more than a typical office or apartment building to cause |
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consistent interference over bluetooth |
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alan |
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