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<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/oreilly/radar/atom/%7E3/126515677/wifi_record_ran.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">WiFi: Record Range Now 382 KM</a>
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<span>Posted:</span> 20 Jun 2007 05:17 PM CDT</p>
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The record for point-2-point WiFi transmission is now 382 kilometers (<a href="http://www.eslared.org.ve/articulos/Long%20Distance%20WiFi%20Trial.pdf" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
pdf</a>). The transmission was made from Platillon to Aguila in Venezuela. This news comes to us via <a href="http://www.eslared.org.ve/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">The Foundation Latin American School of Networks
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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.
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Connectivity will make the OLPC even more important and make the use of SMS servers (<a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/03/sms_servers_bei.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
Radar post</a>) even more interesting. <a href="http://hackerfriendly.com/wp/books/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Hacker Friendly Books</a> (<a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/01/wireless_networking_in_the_dev.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
Radar post</a>) has continued releasing books that aid emerging markets in building out effective networking infrastructure.
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According to <a href="http://www.internetworldstats.com/sa/ve.htm" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Internet World Stats</a>, 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.
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[<a href="http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/06/w_wifi_record_2.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">via Gadget Lab</a>]
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