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I guess I am a dinosaur, but I simply don't see the utility in "wireless" stuff.

I use computers that sit on a desk and connect with old-fashioned "wires".

All my phones--save one--has a wire.

My portable phone is almost never used. I got it when my local service went out once too often (rain in the switchbox) so I could order-in pizza.

No, I don't want my phone to take (low quality) pictures, nor do I want to send them to anybody.

I'm too disorganized to use a PDA (if I ever got organized, I'd conquer the world, so it is a good thing that I am disorganized).

In any event, I don't want to play games on my phone, or PDA. I don't want to try to access Excel or Word on my phone or PDA. And I certainly don't want to browse the internet on a 2.5-square-inch screen.

So I "don't get it" and probably never will.

--Boris

Personally, I never had any use for WiFi either - until I moved to a new apartment. My computers are on the same wall in my living room as my cable so, at first, I had a cable connection.

But my cable was lousy....I had terrific throughput but my ping was in the 500ms range. Since I work part-time for a online game hosting company, 500ms was totally unacceptable. 80ms is "slow" in the gaming world.

So I switched to DSL; only my phone jack is in my kitchen on the other side of my apartment. Instead of running 100 feet of Cat5 up the wall, through the kitchen and living room, I just installed a 802.11a access point.

Given the circumstances, It's convenient, easier and looks better. I'd rather be wired, though.