Why Wi-Fi will die...

Technology is just so awesome. Things change at such a rapid pace that the latest and greatest technology is not even retro chic a year or two later. Yep. It creates has beens faster than any professional sport, pageant or news feeding frenzy.

The next victim is going to be Wi-Fi. Just after everyone has gone out and bought their fancy new wireless router, 801.11 card for their machines and installed the latest firewall and encryption security... boom! The game is going to change.

802.16e is the new wireless broadband standard on the table, and it's going to come to fruition later this year. This mean wireless broadband for the masses - not just those in a WiMAX cloud either, not just for the people who are standing still or outdoors in order to catch a signal. No, the myth of the Highway 1 wireless connection from Los Angeles to San Francisco will be a reality. The new standard actually will enable the technology for personal wireless broadband. You will be able to carry it with you just like your cell phone - wherever you go and however fast you want to get there.

So goodbye wireless router... hello personal wireless broadband. My prediction for the burial of all the wireless routers? 5 years, tops!