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[kv]

Yeah... wouldn't there be a distinct advantage to NOT having a wireless matrix com?
link?

I mean, I like my cell phone as much as the next guy, as long as the next guy doesn't want it shoved up his hoop, either.

  -kv

[Gabriel]

Advantages, probably, but who would really look at those advantages when set against current society. I mean, growing your own vegetables has its advantages, but we still usually get them from the grocery store.

Gabriel

[Retread]

Of course, but as I've said before, any two-cred trid pirate could just broad-spectrum jam all the signals around and your entire wireless infrastructure falls apart.

[Gabriel]

That's assuming a two-cred video pirate has the hardware to do that to a military-grade drone. I'm thinking that the example is the equivilent of a gnager taking on a Siouxe Wildcat and beating him. Sure, it is technically possible, but it's so damn unlikely that no one would ever plan for it.

Gabriel

PS - Ok, maybe that is a bit of an exageration, but not as much as one would think.

[Retread]

Well, assuming that the Matrix-type counterpart of Augmented Reality, the wireless network, would be susceptible to jamming solely due to the fact that it relies on radio signals. Fiber-optics can't be jammed, making them infinitely more reliable.

[Gabriel]

And that is why I think the whole Wireless Matrix Initiative was a bad idea. Get enough signal degredation and who the hell knows what could happen. Think about it, you walk down the street and get an e-mail from your stock broker with some important financial information. You happen to pass under some powerlines, and all of a sudden, you have 2 million shares in ACME Spoon Company. No, I'll take a jack-point and fiber-optic cable any day.

Gabriel

[Retread]

Seems like maser-grids were the way of the future...

[Ruski]

Actually; even the most basic wireless protocals use the same error-checking packet system that the wired lines work with. so if your information packets get corrupted, or go missing, they'll show up as crap, and the receving end will re-ask for that particular packet.

just, so you know.

-RuskiFace

[Retread]

Yeah, but if you've got someone providing consistent jamming your network grinds to a halt, a nasty thing considering the availability and portability of jamming devices in the Sixth world.

[Ruski]

Well, just kuz some jerk has a white noise generator; dosn't mean you can't trade stocks in central park. you just gotta move away from them. it's like talking on a cellphone while driving. wierd weather, driving through a tunnel, or some desolate zone with no coverage, and the signal rate drops down. if you want really realiable connections, you can get built in boosters and static reducing algorithems, or LOS satalite uplink capabilities added in.  

-RuskiFace the Pirate Gotta Pay to Play

[Gabriel]

Yeah, frag all that drek, give me back my damn fiberoptic link, dammit!

Gabriel, Old-School Elf

[Ruski]

Well, you could always go to a payphone, and use a land line to link up.

but truth be known, land lines aren't what they use to be. it costs about $2 million dollars to install a high-speed jackpoint at any given location, you gotta tear up the walk, run power, install switches, etc, etc etc,. more and more, people are just paying 1.5 million for a self sustaining station. a solar powered satalite uplink point that's got a battery backup, and a secure encription path to a deticated geosync satalite. all they need is LOS to a satalite in the eastern sky, or failing that, LOS to another jackpoint set up as relay.

even land lines aren't in the land any more.

-RuskiFace the Pirate

[Gabriel]

Ah.... I remember how simple it used to be back in 2050....

Gabriel

[Retread]

Eh, I like the tendency of Maser grids to fry Otaku brains. Speed AND security!

[Gabriel]

never did like that whole "otaku" thing.

Gabriel