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1KM 802.11b @ 2MB

Posted by Hemos on from the if-you-build-it,-your-costs-will-fall dept.

OffTheRack writes "Check out this web site to see how a guy in Egypt built his own line-of-site (H:Get? It's Punny.) 1KM broadband connection. Plenty of nice pictures." Pretty cool set-up.

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  1. Cancer by DarthWiggle · · Score: 5, Funny
    I wonder if the great scourge of the twenty-first century will be runaway cancer rates with all the RF radiation we're pumping into the air. Cell phones, LOS broadband, radar, radio...

    I feel my children growing third arms, though they be but little swimmers in my special place.

    1. Re:Cancer by DarthWiggle · · Score: 5, Funny
      No thanks. I'll just go to the quiet zone in West Virginia... er... hang on...

      *looks at crotch*
      *looks at map of West Virginia*
      *looks at crotch*

      Nevermind.

  2. Lightning by Leebert · · Score: 5, Funny

    I sure hope they don't get serious electrical storms in Egypt, or this fellow may find himself with a big problem on his LAN.

  3. Like a true geek... by Pollux · · Score: 5, Funny

    After who knows how much time spent on planning and building the project, he finally gets it working, much to his delight: ...these antennae from the start looked as if they meant business, and indeed they did, because as soon as they were installed and properly aimed, they produced a 2Mbps signal at 1km distance. Hurrah! Me do download at home quicky-quicky now!

    But, like a true geek,

    Future mods:

    I am beginning to suspect that my choice of coca-cola cans as reflectors on the Yagi antennae may be affecting signal quality (hence the maximum speed of only 2Mbps). Hence I am looking for a flat-based can that has the same diameter as the coca-cola can.

    It works! It's perfect! Now let's take it apart merely for the sake of making it faster!

    I guess "quicky-quicky" just isn't quick enough.

  4. 2Mb not 2MB by nihilogos · · Score: 5, Funny

    And as everybody knows you get more chicks if you can tell the difference.

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    :wq
  5. Hmmm . . . by CleverNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

    Am I the only person who glanced at this headline and thought that Slashdot was posting headinlines in leet?

  6. How I'm spending MY night by blitzoid · · Score: 5, Funny

    This guy has a page hit counter at the bottom of his page, it's quite funny to refresh it and watch it go up extremely fast. 45845... 45900... and so on.

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    I am a filthy pirate.