No wire required... My understanding is that many are using a satellite link to get data to and from the very remote wireless access points. However, I don't think this is significant, other than for marketing purposes. It may change in the future, but I doubt it. --Alan
wbmw: He means that the Banias uP with the Intel wireless chips did not sell as well as the others (Banias with someone else's wireless chips) and therefore "Centrino" was not a hit. What a laugh.