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Cable Without Cables
dfinney writes "'Wireless cable, which uses a network of land-based antennas to carry signals to and from a small dish at a user's home, is supposed to be cheap -- or at least cheaper than wired cable or wireless satellite service.'" Another possible alternative for high-speed internet is always a good thing.
Haven't you ever heard of a cookie? Or doesn't Linux "Support" cookies?
Yeah, I hear a guy named Marconi is working on sending signals directly through air. if it works out, this could be the one thing that revolutionizes the telecommunications industry. Just imagine -- Pictures, sounds, voice.. transmitted through air at the speed of light!
Watching Slashdot run a story on basically what amounts to a radio antenna relay..Yeah, thats super, guys. Keep the late-breaking news coming... See, what bugs me is, his is neither news, nor anything that matters, since the technology has been around for the better part of a century.
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