How many 802.11b wireless access points were sold in 2002?

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Request for Question Clarification by techtor-ga on 23 Jan 2003 08:27 PST

I have found a page showing the total 802.11b sales in 2000... perhaps
you have seen this. All other results of my searches show a lot of
predictions, which differ with each source. The info you seek may be
hidden behind a paid research report from those market research
companies. Else, the 2002 figure is not available for public
knowledge.

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Clarification of Question by clayshirky-ga on 24 Jan 2003 06:51 PST

Haven't seen it, but my assumption was that 2002 was significantly
higher than 2001 (and 2000). Would be happy with a list of the analyst
predictions. (Do they break out access points from cards? I am
interested in APs, rather than cards, but if its a lump sum, I'll take
it.)

Thanks,

-clay

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Request for Question Clarification by techtor-ga on 28 Jan 2003 00:52 PST

I think my research will come up short, since I got figures on
shipments of the first three quarters of 2002, rather than sales.

According to CNN -TECH

"Worldwide, consumers will buy 7.3 million wireless LAN nodes -- which
include client and network hub devices -- in 2002, up from about 4
million last year", said Gemma Paulo, an analyst at In-Stat.

Read the whole article go here :
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/01/09/home.wireless.lan.idg/index.html