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[Callum Saunders <dancemeep@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bluetooth is slow as hell. Using Bluetooth would mean that a tablet or
phone or laptop or whatever would have to have both bluetooth and wifi on,
assuming they even have bluetooth capabilities.

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad <
joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Den 29. nov. 2011 00:15, skrev Callum Saunders:
>
>  Yes. but wifi not bluetooth. Bluetooth has range resrictions and is a
>> major battery hog, whereas most people will have wifi on in their homes
>> anyway. It also means that all ubuntu devices in a home can be connected
>> all the time as long as they are on the wifi.
>>
>
> Bluetooth uses far less bandwidth than WLAN. In any case, you can't have
> more users connected at once, since the TV connects to one particular
> laptop, which belongs to the current user.
>
>
> Jo-Erlend Schinstad
>
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