The next WAPA General Members Meeting will be on the 30th of November 2007 at 14:00. Venue to be confirmed.

With all the media attention and hype around WiMax this list may help you understand why not to discount practical Wifi technologies that are solving real world problems today. WAPA estimates that 40000+ clients are connected using outdoor Wifi and a potential 1Million more people who have laptops with Wifi features. WISPs (Wireless ISPs) prefer Wifi to WiMax because: 1. Outdoor WiFi solutions are tried, proven, tested and stable. WiMax has yet to prove itself and may not deliver on all its promises. 2. No company has a commercial WiMax network running in SA as yet. 3.