[1st-mile-nm] New distance record for WiFi transmission

[J T Johnson]

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WiFi: Record Range Now 382
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Posted: 20 Jun 2007 05:17 PM CDT

By Brady Forrest

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The record for point-2-point WiFi transmission is now 382 kilometers
(pdf<http://www.eslared.org.ve/articulos/Long%20Distance%20WiFi%20Trial.pdf>).
The transmission was made from Platillon to Aguila in Venezuela. This news
comes to us via The Foundation Latin American School of
Networks<http://www.eslared.org.ve/>website.

The researchers behind the project used the WRT54 Linksys router in their
experiment. If they are able to make long distance connectivity work in a
stable manner and are able to keep the equipment cheap this could make a
huge difference in connecting emerging markets.

Connectivity will make the OLPC even more important and make the use of SMS
servers (Radar post<http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/03/sms_servers_bei.html>)
even more interesting. Hacker Friendly
Books<http://hackerfriendly.com/wp/books/>(Radar
post<http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/01/wireless_networking_in_the_dev.html>)
has continued releasing books that aid emerging markets in building out
effective networking infrastructure.

According to Internet World Stats<http://www.internetworldstats.com/sa/ve.htm>,
only 12.8% of Venezuela's population is connected. It's not surprising that
the record was broken in a country that is still finding its internet
footing. The dominant US method of most people paying for their connectivity
will not work in an emerging market.

[via Gadget Lab <http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/06/w_wifi_record_2.html>]

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