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What Are The Benefits of Home Networking?

Monday January 29, 2007
| Reference | From sharing files and an Internet connection, to accessing home entertainment, a home network can do many things to improve your quality of life. A wireless home network offers you even more possibilities than a wired one.
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January 30, 2007 at 8:08 am
(1) GBB says:

Wireless is the future? You have to be kidding right? Wireless is fine and should be a component of a home network, but it is always going to be slower than wired (especially when fiber optics arrive), and is not secure. Having someone infiltrate your network is a lot less secure than a neibor ease dropping on your cordless telephone.

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