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Intel´s WIFI Rural Connectivity Platform - good news for rural networking
By Joseph Hunkins at March 18, 2008 1 CommentsIntel has developed a new technology to dramatically increase the distance of a WIFI signal cheaply. The system uses radio signals to stretch the WIFI signal up to ¨tens of miles¨. For rural areas in poor countries this could signal a dramatic shift in the way they utilize broadband internet. Combined with the increasingly popularity of mesh networking - which allows nearby computers to share wireless broadband - the inexpensive Intel systems will help bring broadband internet access to areas where it would have been cost prohibitive before. Deployments are now working in India, Vietnam, Panama, and South Africa.
Labels: broadband, intel, intel rural connectivity, radio, WIFI
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Hmmmmm… sounds more like “good news for rural networking in countries without stringent RF licensing rules and power restrictions in the 2.4 GHz. spectrum“
I suspect they’re just selling high-power wifi equipment, which will work fine, but it still won’t get around buildings, trees, etc.
Not much help in rural U.S. and European areas.