I know whereof you speak. I’d be quite happy with reliable internet speeds, but even with my laptop in the same room it sometimes “stalls out.” Why? Because I have 8 – 11 other networks in range ( and I live in a house, not a apartment! ) Sometime it just smokes … usually when half the other networks are offline or ( I suspect ) idle. The rest of the time… I may as well be using dial up. It’s painfully slow even for surfing.

I don’t really have an issue with running wires, though I already have all 4 ports on my combined modem/router/accesspoint full, so I need to figure out how to add a subrouter or something. But It would be nice to sit outside, or use a wireless webcam to keep an eye on the back of the garage at night.

Maybe we should just use really high powered lasers with target tracking. Higher bandwidth and they can just burn through any walls, people or pets that get in the way of the signal 😉