David, here’s what I think to do: Subscribe to Steve J’s .Mac service for my mac-equipped family that live on 3 different continents. With that, we can have email, iChat, calender & contact syncing, auto online mac backup w 2GB storage, auto drag-n-drop file upload/download & sharing (all formats), web site creation & publishing with group features, photocasting etc, etc. That would set me back $180 per year.

SP2 includes Wireless Protected Access 2 (WPA2), which enhances the wireless client software with support for the next generation of wireless security. WPA2 is FIPS 140-2 compliant, utilizing Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption, 802.1x authentication, and will cover all versions of 802.11 devices.

This service is to be used for blistering speeds of Broadband along with freedom to move around and surf anywhere in the BSNL Wi-Fi zone. Your phone is not busy surf the web without worry to miss an important call at the same time no waiting to connect to net or busy signals, just click and you are online instantly and wirelessly.

You can access all applications riding on the Internet backbone. With Wi - Fi speeds, you can also access broadband Internet applications like movies, music, E - Learning etc.

BSNL has introduced WiFi service at City Centre and Airport ( Domestic and International ) are the first BSNL WiFi hotspots in Kolkata. Shortly there shall be 10 BSNL WiFi Hotspots in select hotels and Clubs within August' 2006.

The Wi-Fi vPhone is a device that allows you to make VoIP phone calls at any “hotspot” or location with 802.11b wireless Internet access. You can make phone calls over Vipers VoIP global network at what is typically substantially less cost than traditional long distance service or other calling methods. The Wi-Fi vPhone can call other Viper Networks users for free (If both users have at least $10 in their accounts) as well as any phone number in the world including cell phones.

The optimal range is 50 meters, depending on the characteristics of the location, but you can easily extend this range by installing external antennas.

These refer to more or less the same thing. 802.11b is a standard approved by IEEE. Wi-Fi is an industry term to refer to 802.11b products that have been certified to comply fully with the specification, and - most importantly - to be interoperable. This means that any manufacturer's device with the Wi-Fi logo should work seamlessly with any other manufacturer's Wi-Fi equipment. If you haven't yet purchased your 802.

Information regarding setting up your hardware for DS wireless functionality, as well as other hardware related questions, is available here: http://www.nintendowifi.com/customersupport/SupportHome.jsp