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OC
02-12-2002, 07:32 AM
Got|Pringles?

http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448
http://www.netscum.com/~clapp/wireless.html

and related:
http://www.80211-planet.com/columns/article/0,,1781_896641,00.html
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20020207.html

I heard about this on NPR during my morning commute. Kinda cool.

-OC
Jeffbx
02-12-2002, 09:28 AM
Wow, that's very cool - I'll have to try it out!
spigidygak
02-12-2002, 01:03 PM
hmm. . . I have a crackhead friend that has rigged a dss dish into a wifi. . . he claims that the thing is hot enough to pop corn.
hapoo
02-12-2002, 05:34 PM
Originally posted by spigidygak
hmm. . . I have a crackhead friend that has rigged a dss dish into a wifi. . . he claims that the thing is hot enough to pop corn.


how well does it work?
spigidygak
02-12-2002, 09:16 PM
Works really well for him. Not sure speeds or what not, but range is not a problem for him.
Sandman
02-15-2002, 02:04 PM
It is big in SF and other metro areas where they are trying to make WiFi access free to everyone...