Hi David, I'm not really sure if we are able to completely understand each other, may be my fault with my poor English. I'm not saying anyone is enforcing one or the other protocol, I just say that it may be wrong to assume, even if we believe that "a" is better, that it will work if almost everyone move to "a". And then we will have recommended everyone to invest in something that was not so useful ... I'm not enforcing the NOC to make a b/g network, especially once has been explained why "a" seems to be better. On the other way around, I'm sure that they are doing the best that can be done, absolutely no doubt on that. Once more, some times providing "details" could be more helpful than just decisions w/o explanations about why. Let's close this here, please. Regards, Jordi > De: David Kessens <david.kessens@xxxxxxxxx> > Responder a: <ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx> > Fecha: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:03:01 -0800 > Para: JORDI PALET MARTINEZ <jordi.palet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > CC: "ietf@xxxxxxxx" <ietf@xxxxxxxx> > Asunto: Re: Meeting Survey Results > > > Jordi, > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 05:47:17PM -0400, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote: >> >> I understand your point, which somehow has been replied by some other >> comments in the list such as: >> >> - Is not so clear that this technology (a) will still work if all use it. >> - We are asking to change to 75% of the attendees. > > I don't understand why you keep harping on this issue that only exists > because you have misread our announcement. > > We have been very forthcoming and clear why we like people to bring > 802.11a cards. > > We are not forcing anybody to use 802.11a and there is absolutely no > talk of not providing 802.11b wireless access. We *RECOMMEND* that > people bring and use 802.11a gear because we believe that *EVERYBODY*, > including people who only have 802.11b cards, will have a better > network experience. > > The only thing that we should have mentioned, but that we overlooked > as most cards/dongles on the market now do 802.11a,b&g, is that we > don't recommend to leave your 802.11b equipment at home. The hotel is > very large and there will be areas in the fringes that will have > better 802.11b coverage or that are only covered by the hotels own > 802.11b service. > >> - 50USD may be a lot for some people. > > You can easily get cards *LESS* than US$50. It is your judgement call > whether you believe that this investment is worth it. Don't buy a > 802.11a card/dongle if you think it is too much. Nobody forces you to > buy one. > > David Kessens > --- > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf ********************************************** The IPv6 Portal: http://www.ipv6tf.org Barcelona 2005 Global IPv6 Summit Slides available at: http://www.ipv6-es.com This electronic message contains information which may be privileged or confidential. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information, including attached files, is prohibited. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf