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New Wi-Fi Distance Record Set In Utah

Posted by timothy on from the put-access-points-on-chairlift-poles dept.

cold_sake writes "Wireless guru Rob Flickenger details the known records for Wi-Fi link distances on his latest blog. Included is a new distance record for an un-amplified Wi-Fi link, set by the students of Utah's Weber State University. 82 miles was accomplished with 802.11b."

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  1. Hi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    suck me beautiful

    1. Re:Hi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      helo steve! hows it going at teh Appel? stil evarytihng ghey?

  2. Wow... by i_am_syco · · Score: -1, Troll

    There are people in Utah? Maybe that's how they got so far with the Wi-Fi...

  3. 82 miles? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That's only one mile short of my penis length! Holy shite!

  4. FP ! HA ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    too slow neato !

    now where's my reefer ......

  5. Re:Utah ? by enjo13 · · Score: -1, Troll

    There are 'sects' that still practice polygamy. They are certainly not mainstream, but they are most definitely 'mormom'.

    Besides, there are MUCH bigger things in the Mormom doctrine to make fun of:) South Park did a great job of it a few episodes back..

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  6. bs! by andy_fish · · Score: 0, Troll

    That's BS! I tried going 80 miles away from MY router and I didn't get a signal at all! What garbage.

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  7. They used it to transfer an mp3 file... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    According to the project page, they used it to transfer an mp3 file. Great, now the entire university is going to get sued by the RIAA because some pirates ruined it for everyone!