Is The Wi Fi Signal On?
It used to be that the expense of wiring a building with comm ports was almost prohibitive. Adding staff meant adding comm ports and mobility within offices was limited by where you could “plug-in and log-in” The internet lacked accessibility. You had to be “wired” to be online. Wifi has changed all that. Today’s technology has gotten to the point that no one with an internet device, phone, notebook, netbook or tablet is out of communication. Offices are not connected invisibly by wifi, cafes and gathering places offer wifi and as incentive to meeting and eating there. Files, media, any sort of internet item can now be shared or sent from computer to phone, room to room at home or from corporate office or coffee shop to the space station. It’s a little overwhelming sometimes.
Just how does all this stay orderly? The Wifi Alliance sets standards of performance and keeps everything talking together. Setting the frequencies and bandwidths, registering devices and keeping manufacturers informed and users up to date, it’s a big job. But the web is growing at an unbelievable rate. If it weren’t for the Wifi Alliance the chaos would be off the scale. No one could talk to anyone else and the web would dissolve into a mess of unrelated data that no one could use. Or we could go back to “plugging-in and logging-in”. But would you want to be tied to that chair again ? The wifi signal is on.