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Wireless Mesh Network Trial in the UK

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the if-we-only-had-a-wireless-topic dept.

Huw writes "With cable only in selected areas and ADSL only available within three miles of selected telephone exchanges, residents of the South Wales valleys are pretty much stuck with dial up connections to access the internet. BT may have the answer with a wireless solution according to this article from the BBC. Quite how wireless networking will cope with a hilly area like this remains to be seen, but hopefully we'll soon see broadband available for anyone who wants it." The company home page has some more information about their system.

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  1. Meshes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Don't confuse this with the 802.11b networks BT are setting up, this is the fixed wireless in the ~15GHz range I believe. Anyway, I have cable... but the mesh I'd really be interested in is a mobile P2P Mesh