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Intel Pushes 802.16a Wireless MAN Standard

Posted by michael on from the data-for-everyone dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The 802.16a standard, approved in January of this year, is a wireless metropolitan area network technology that will connect 802.11 hot spots to the Internet and provide a wireless extension to cable and DSL for last mile broadband access. It provides up to 50-kilometers of range and allows users to get broadband connectivity without needing a direct line of sight with the base station. The wireless broadband technology also provides shared data rates up to 70-Mbit/s."

6 of 135 comments (clear)

  1. wheee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    obligatory first post!

  2. firstpost? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    w00t

  3. Re:News! Niggers push welfare harder! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No shit.

  4. Dashed Hopes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Quite-interesting use-of dashes-in the-article.


    Oh, sorry, my fault, obviously dashes are only correct between numbers and units.

  5. penis by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    penis

  6. Yep by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    leave it to michael to get excited about a new inner city man network.