Subj : Re: Bluetooth to Ethernet
To   : Ky Moffet
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Feb 21 2026 19:42:00

Hello Ky.Moffet!

** On Friday 20.02.26 - 13:23, Ky.Moffet wrote to August Abolins:

> Also, BT is extremely slow. Average speed is 1 to 2 Mbps. Conversely the
> slowest wifi in the past 20 years is 54Mbps.

> And BT range maxes out at 30 feet, vs about 150 feet for wifi. Even
> really crap wifi is good for about 100 feet, and is better at
> penetrating walls.
> And they both use radio waves, so where's the advantage in BT??

> BT is meant for connecting to devices like mice and keyboards and
> headphones. It is utterly inadequate for file transfers. And the old BT
> that kinda half-works on old Windows ... you have to futz with then
> babysit the file transfer, and even then about half the time it doesn't
> work.

You're preaching to the choir.  ;)

It's Ed that needs to understand why BT is a bad choice [or impossible] for  
general internet use between his particular laptop and a roaming smartphone.
-- 
  ../|ug

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