DEFCON WiFi Shootout Winners Set A Land Record

bscience writes "While attending the DEFCON 12 convention this past weekend I had the chance to see the standing ovation a group of 19 year olds received for establishing a 55.1 mile unamplified WiFi connection!" A snippet from the Wired story linked there: "Mobile warriors having trouble making a wireless connection across the hall might want to give some Ohio teens a call. This weekend they were able to make a 55-mile Wi-Fi connection. ... They might have achieved an even greater distance, Justin Rigling said, "but there was no road left."" (Here's the post from a few weeks back about the competition.)

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Re:Metrics is a Milestone away

[Barryke]

I see. Sorry!

For the (alike me, myself and I) imperial challanged:

mile <> kilometer
1 = 1.61
0.62 = 1
55.1 = 88.67

Conclusion; achieved distance was 88.67km.