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Cardboard WiFi Antenna Upgrade

Posted by michael on Friday July 9, 2004 @10:01AM from the don't-get-it-wet dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A British company called Tritium is marketing a piece of cardboard with metal foil on one side. You order it for under US$25, shipping included, and you get a flat envelope with the cardboard. Cut it out, shape it into a parabola and snap it into the little stand. Then slip it over your current antenna. It is advertised to extend the range of your current antenna by 2 to 3 times. See their website for more information on the cleverly named Tritium Flatenna."

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Great, but.. by noname3 · 2004-07-09 10:06 · Score: 5, Interesting

Does it work? Yes, this advertises a boost, but so do a bunch of products for cell phones that are purely decorative.

I had to sell these for a small retail store, and to this day I feel guilty. A local newstation did an expose where they found there was zero conductive material at all in these stickers.