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[Jim Witte]

>> our phone is 5.8 Ghz .. chance of interference with a 5Ghz AE  
>> network?

   Does a 5.8 GHz phone continuously transmit some kind of 'phone  
ping'? Or only when there's an calling being made?  If it doesn't  
transmit unless it's actually making a call, would that reduce  
interference (AE might slow down a bit while a call was being made,  
but then go back to full speed once it was over)  Or will the AE  
signals cause interference for the phone itself?

   For that matter, since everyone (802.11x people and phone  
manufacturers) knows that both work on 5.8 GHz, why don't the phones  
just either use something like local VoIP, or something compatible  
with 802.11x (something where it might cause interference, but in a  
way that 802.11x would just detect as a symbol collision, and  
retransmit..)

Jim