could you paste the text? Some of us are lazy and don't want to register... -Dean At 10:39 AM 6/10/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Read the rest of the article here (may need a free NYTimes account): > >http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/10/technology/10WIRE.html > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Bob Tanner" <tanner at real-time.com> >To: <tcwug-list at tcwug.org> >Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 10:16 AM >Subject: [TCWUG] Garage Tinkerers Claim Wireless Last-Mile Solution > > > > From slashdot: > > > > "The NYTimes is reporting that two guys in their garage have designed a >low-cost > > wireless broadband solution that can transmit up to 20 miles. (A previous >story > > described a 7km achievement in Australia.) Their company is called >Etherlinx and > > they use the Wi-Fi 802.11b standard in a repeater antenna that people can >attach > > to the outside of their homes. The technology, which apparently costs >under > > $100, has been operating in a small for-pay trial in Oakland, CA for a >year. Is > > this a solution to the 'last-mile' problem, hope for rural areas, and the >death > > of cable/DSL? Read and be the judge." > > > > -- > > Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 > > http://www.mn-linux.org, Minnesota, Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 > > http://www.tcwug.org, Minnesota, Wireless | Coding isn't a crime. > > Key fingerprint = 6C E9 51 4F D5 3E 4C 66 62 A9 10 E5 35 85 39 D9 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, >Minnesota > > http://www.tcwug.org > > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list > > > >_______________________________________________ >Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, >Minnesota >http://www.tcwug.org >tcwug-list at tcwug.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list -- Dean dean at ripperd2.dhs.org http://ripperd2.dhs.org/ Experience is something you don't get until just after you needed it.