If you need to learn how to use Excel, it's there when you need it and on your own schedule. Be sure to take a look at the available titles. Although Darden and Anderson have just put switches in the classrooms so the faculty can disable the network during class, there are a number of times when it would be useful for every student to be able to reach out to the web for information or download class materials while the class is taking place. Current wireless technologies are too expensive. I think the technology and pricing will be driven by the cable TV companies.
Current studies show that many homes have more than one computer.
As cable takes more and more of the internet access market share, people are going to be looking for ways to connect all of the computers in their house to the internet. The cable company can send in electricians to drill holes and pull cable, or they can install a small wireless hub device and put a card in each computer. I think they'll choose the less labor-intensive route. In the three years before we have to start installing equipment in the new building, I think we'll see a wireless solution. The cable companies will drive the volume, lowering prices.