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The Joys Of Wireless Local Loop
By IT-Director.com
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Article Date: 2003-03-21
WiFi, or 801.22b as it was called until common sense prevailed, took the world by surprise, and Wireless Local Loop or WLL, looks set to do the same. It is hard for new technologies to establish themselves in the telecoms world, especially during a telecoms slump, but WiFi managed it and WLL is likely to do the same, for some of the same reasons. So what is it?
WLL also called "radio in the loop" (RITL) or "fixed-radio access" (FRA), is a wireless technology that can service "the last mile" which is of course what DSL does over copper wire. However, WLL does it over no wire and at least ten times faster, at up to 12 megabits per second.
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IT-Director.com was launched by Bloor Research in March 1999. The site provides IT decision makers with a one stop source of all current IT news, information, analysis and advice. In additiion, our members area allows registered users free access to Bloor Research's high quality archive of technology reports, product evaluations and white papers.
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