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Idaho Companies Tout New Wireless Record

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the can-i-get-a-witness dept.

pavelvp writes "A small wireless Internet service provider in Idaho and a wireless equipment start-up claim to have set a new record for transmitting data across a wireless link this week. Microserv Computer Technologies, based in Idaho Falls, and Trango Broadband Wireless, a fixed-wireless broadband equipment maker, announced that they transmitted data over unlicensed wireless spectrum 137.2 miles." This unverified record would beat the previous record holders from the DefCon WiFi Shootout covered earlier on Slashdot.

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  1. What I want to know is... by It+doesn't+come+easy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did the equipment include any Idaho Potato Batteries (tm)?

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  2. Another record by nizo · · Score: 4, Funny

    They now also hold the record for the biggest and most obnoxious ad at the top of their webpage.

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  3. Wait a minute by JHromadka · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought it was a well-known fact that Idaho does not exist.

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  4. Not sure what's more impressive... by PhatboySlim · · Score: 3, Funny
    I don't know whether to be more impressed by the fact they broke the wireless record...

    ... or by the fact there is a technology company in Idaho.

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  5. Re:Publicity Stunt! by arbitraryaardvark · · Score: 2, Funny

    A good article about
    some weird, gang-style rivalry coming from a falling out between the founders     might be quite slashdotworthy. Got one?

  6. Re:Been there. Done that. by cashman73 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Unless the FCC claims the whole of our solar system in it's domain.

    Mod parent DOWN! Let's not give George W. Bush any ideas!!!!