21 Feb
2002
21 Feb
'02
3:19 p.m.
Dryden writes:
Well this sounds like a very good idea i dont live anywhere nere ely but I agree that Norfolk would be a very nice place to try wirless networks.
Recall what happened to Ionica: their (wireless 'phone) system worked fine in tests but was unreliable in practice because they forgot that line-of-sight can be interrupted by things like birds sitting on antennae and high-sided vehicles. And their data rates were equivalent to about 9600 baud.
Anyway, the 10-15 miles sounds over-optimistic to me: I've been quoted 5-10 km for wifi networks but only with carefully-aligned antennae at both ends -- and with reduced data rates.
HTH.
..Adrian
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