Akkori
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http://www.sanswire.com/This company is in testign of a blimp that will hover 65k feet above a city, and provide the whole city with Wireless internet access. Data point in Barnes & Nobvles? BAH!  Anyone know anything about this company? Could this be the first step to unleashing gamers from theri home internet connection? Make LAN parties much more efficient? Spawn Beach gamers? hehehe...
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Krakrok
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The PSP might actually be useful then.
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shiznitz
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When did wifi get a 65k+ foot range?
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I have never played WoW.
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Viin
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I'm no communications engineer, but the freq that 11b uses is line-of-sight. So, in theory, as long as you could see the blimp you could probably get a signal from it. However, being able to broadcast back up to the blimp would take more power than current wifi cards, and would preferrably be directional instead of the current omni-directional setup. I suppose if the antenna pointed straight up it wouldn't be that big of a deal. Another however, people like Ricochet do something similiar, but just with towers. They have a custom modem that puts out higher wattage signals. |
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Akkori
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If this works like they expect, satellite ISP's may get trashed, as well as it opening the doors to a LOT of modem user who cannot get cable or DSL. I am curious to see how weather will affect this.
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Der Helm
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I am curious to see how weather will affect this.
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Akkori
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hehehe. Good thing there isnt weather at 65k feet! I was thinking how stuff like lightning would affect the signal. I would be very VERY tempted to cancel my cable access if I could get roughly the same speed, and add to that the ability to hook up anywhere in the city.
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Sounds like an IP nightmare.
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Viin
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Sounds like an IP nightmare.
IP as in Intellectual Property? IP as in Internet Protocol? Or IP as in IP Addresses? |
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schild
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Sounds like an IP nightmare.
IP as in Intellectual Property? IP as in Internet Protocol? Or IP as in IP Addresses? All 3. |
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Viin
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All 3.
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Der Helm
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Sorry, that's against the rules. You must pick one and one only.
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MaceVanHoffen
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Sorry, that's against the rules. You must pick one and one only.
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Der Helm
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schild
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Shockeye
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Skinny-dippin' in a sea of Lee, I'd propose on bended knee...
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Der Helm
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Double FTW  EDIT: Danger ! Pictures on the board may apear larger than they really are ... |
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« Last Edit: April 13, 2005, 04:00:08 PM by Der Helm »
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Skinny-dippin' in a sea of Lee, I'd propose on bended knee...
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Der Helm
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Heh. 2 in 1  EDIT: Now, that is a coincidence ... |
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Are you referring to my ego or something... else?
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Der Helm
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