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New WiFi Link Distance Record

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the wifi-vs-rfc-1149 dept.

Espectr0 writes "A Venezuelan professor along with his team have set a new record for the longest WiFi link. Using commodity hardware, they established a connection between a PC in El Águila, Venezuela, and one in Platillón Mountain, a distance of about 237 miles. The previous record was 193 miles. Slides [PDF] are also available."

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  1. I've come close by nolife · · Score: 5, Funny

    I almost get a usable signal in my bedroom which is 237 decimeters away from my access point in my basement. Oh... the article claims 237 miles. My "of the shelf" equipment must have come from the clearance shelf.

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    1. Re:I've come close by Shakrai · · Score: 5, Funny

      the distance you can go is essentially limited only by earth curvature.

      That's why I use a moon bounce for all of my wi-fi communication needs. Sure, the latency is a bitch, but I don't have to deal with that pesky curved Earth limiting my range.

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    2. Re:I've come close by addie+macgruer · · Score: 5, Funny

      I've got that, but it only seems to work half the time. Still, it's more reliable than my ISP.

  2. Nice work but... by Aqua_boy17 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good for them. But since WiFi is line of sight, the only way they can do this is by using mountainous regions. I guess us flatlanders will have to resort to bouncing our signals off of blimps or flying pigs (coated in foil, of course).

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  3. The link goes to Wired Magazine by jfengel · · Score: 2, Funny

    The article is from Wired. I'll let you figure it out from there.

  4. These guys are in BIG trouble with the FCC! by gc8005 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just wait until the FCC hears about this! These guys are in big, big trouble.

    1. Re:These guys are in BIG trouble with the FCC! by jd · · Score: 5, Funny

      Nono, it's ok, they weren't swearing or having sex at the time of the transmission.

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  5. No Chavez? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    A Venezuelan article in /. that is NOT related to Chavez at all and it's actually science and technology?
    I'm shocked!

  6. In unrelated news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news...

    Cuban government officials have begun a new, lucrative service where they have established a WiFi base and are charging $10/day to residents of southern Florida for unfettered Internet access. "We have very good download rates for Sicko and, of course, for all your favorite music artists," Castro's spokesperson is quoted as saying. In the background this reporter could hear maniacal laughter and intermittent shouts of "See what the RIAA thinks of that!" and other such obscenities.

  7. Re:What the? by jonnythan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Joke's on you.

    Hot dogs are already cooked when you buy them ;)

  8. Re:whoop dee freakin doo by sammy+baby · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can we now please stop trying to set ridiculous "records" concerning WIFI connections?


    No.

    We thank you for your interest.
  9. Re:Amazing by Dogtanian · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is amazing, yet the scientist and all the kings men STILL cannot:

    1) Keep my bluetooth headset connected to its base station an amazingly 3 feet away
    2) Keep my cellphone connected with a tower a mere 1 mile away. 3) Put Humpty Dumpty together again.
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  10. Re:I'd like to know... by Penguinisto · · Score: 3, Funny
    I'd like to know just how big that friggin' Pringles Can was...

    (as /me ducks and runzlakhell...)

    /P

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  11. Re:Further the science or just a dumb stunt? by niceone · · Score: 3, Funny

    is like comparing Karl Marx with Ronald McDonald

    Wait, wait, I think I know this one: one published in Hamburg and the other punished the Hamburgler? Was that it?

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  12. Re:Amazing by emlyncorrin · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is amazing, yet the scientist and all the kings men STILL cannot:

    1) Keep my bluetooth headset connected to its base station an amazingly 3 feet away
    2) Keep my cellphone connected with a tower a mere 1 mile away. 3) Put Humpty Dumpty together again. 4) ???
    5) Profit!