I just upgraded to ORiNOCO this past weekend – got a gold card for my main laptop and an AP-500 off of eBay.  The signal strength is awesome.  I still need to run ethernet and power up to the attic and place the access point there, but the difference is already clearly apparant.  I can be wireless in the upstairs shitter now.

Proxim completes Agere product line acquisition: It’s just plain old business news, but it’s part of a big change ahead for Proxim: Proxim Corporation (Nasdaq: PROX), a leading manufacturer of wireless networking equipment, today completed its previously announced acquisition of Agere Systems’ 802.11 wireless local area networking (WLAN) equipment business, including the award-winning ORiNOCO (R) product line, for $65 million in cash.  [80211b News]