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BeerCheeze · Rated XXX

Well.... actually Wired isn't necessarily cheaper.

Wireless equipment has dropped... ALOT. Also for the home, how many of us have the cabling and tools required to run a Cat5 cable from one end of the house to the other. And by the time you buy that stuff, it becomes more expensive than does a WiFi setup. Granted it's cheaper to go grab a 25' Cat5 cable from the store and run it across the room, but try running a cable form the basement to the 2nd floor. Not easy, nor cheap.

Also you have to realize that again, there is much simpler way to hi-jack someones system then trying to hack in via their wireless connection. For one, it requires close physical proximity. Which means you stand a much greater chance of being caught physically.

Also, wired is faster for what? Unless you are doing a lot of LAN traffic, even a 802.11b 11Mbps connection is still faster than the fastest internet connection. Even if the real throughput is only 1/4 of the connected speed, that still puts you at 2.75Mbps which is faster than probably the majority of all home users internet connection.

All I'm really trying to say is WiFi when done correctly in the home, is secure and fast enough.