In article <20030707105937.L629@snowdrop.l8s.co.uk> you write:
> US: 1000mW EIRP

Some US Amateur radio operators have noted that some 802.11 channels
fall within ham allocations.  This would theoretically allow hams to use
up to 100W (!) as long as the other restrictions were followed (no WEP,
IPSEC, ssh, etc, and you'd have to put your callsign in the MAC address
or somesuch). 

Now that might be bad for laptop battery life, but hey, it would keep
you warm! ;-)