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"Research Firm Says Wi-Fi Will Go Bye-Bye" is the headline of a story from 802.11 Planet to the effect that wi-fi using the 802.11b standard is likely to give way to "ultra-wide band" (UWB). UWB is known in the USA as the "garage door spectrum" and is used for garage door openers, portable telephones and baby monitors. Its advantages over 802.11b are low power requirements, higher bandwith and that walls and partitions don't affect it.

And I've just installed a home wi-fi network! Well - it will be at least five years before UWB comes along so...