Microsoft adopts latest Wi-Fi standard | CNET News.com

Here in rural Vermont there is little reliable cell phone coverage (~20% of the state) and broadband is slowly penetrating beyond the few urban areas. It's time the state's policy makers adopted 802.11 as a "last mile' alternative to traditional wireline broadband options. True, it won't have the range to cover a whole community, but several hot spots linked with a wireless ISP to the Internet backbone could provide more coverage than exists now.