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it least important in the technical dimension of MET. ese results indicate that
the importance of WLAN is slightly more than that of wireless broadband. It can
be attributed to the proximity felt by the respondents to WLAN networks at both
home and office. However, the results are not dramatically different enough to
cause concern.
On the importance of infrared (shown third from left in Figure 4.12), 8 percent
of participants think it is a most important factor, whereas 34 percent consider it
as more important. us, a total of 42 percent consider infrared as a more or most
important networking factor from the technical aspect of MET, whereas 16 percent
of the participants think it