Interesting article on a start-up company providing cheap broadband over 802.11b - GoFuckYourself.com

Brown Bear · 06-09-2002, 11:53 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/10/te...gy/10WIRE.html

Check that shit yo!

Soon we will all be able to build porn sites from the beach on a laptop. Yeah, baby yeah!

mike503 · 06-10-2002, 12:13 AM

soaking up all that radiation too... mmm..

and i'm not talking about the sunlight either

Brown Bear · 06-10-2002, 12:19 AM

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Originally posted by mike503
soaking up all that radiation too... mmm..

and i'm not talking about the sunlight either

There's already shitloads of electromagnetic radiation floatin around, so I think a little more aint gonna hurt.

quiet · 06-10-2002, 12:21 AM

i can't wait for wireless, global internet access. very sweet.

pr0 · 06-10-2002, 12:27 AM

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Originally posted by quiet
i can't wait for wireless, global internet access. very sweet.

I think wireless will cause alot of cancer...bad mojo man

quiet · 06-10-2002, 12:30 AM

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Originally posted by pr0

I think wireless will cause alot of cancer...bad mojo man

wireless is already here. it has been for a very long time (cell phones, sattelites, gps, etc, etc). i'd be much more worried about high powered electrical lines than wireless.

volante · 06-10-2002, 12:31 AM

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Originally posted by Brown Bear

There's already shitloads of electromagnetic radiation floatin around, so I think a little more aint gonna hurt.

That depends on the frequency and power output - Bluetooth operates at the same frequency as a microwave oven. Microwave ovens work best on foods with a high water content. The human body consists of mostly water.

Hmmm

Brown Bear · 06-10-2002, 12:31 AM

Yeah, I can't wait either. The best thing about it will be for travelling. When I travel with my laptop, the most annoying thing is getting high-speed net access from where I'm going.

pipp · 06-10-2002, 12:32 AM

I used to have 802.11b access with an 19db antenna plugged into my wireless ethernet card. It sucked bigtime. Latency was shit, and had a high packet loss from time to time !!!! I still have the equipment after I switched to a leased line. So I can always point it at the local university and get access if my line goes down

quiet · 06-10-2002, 12:34 AM

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Originally posted by Brown Bear
Yeah, I can't wait either. The best thing about it will be for travelling. When I travel with my laptop, the most annoying thing is getting high-speed net access from where I'm going.

exactly. this is *always* such a massive headache for us. luckily i'll be leaving the whole 80+ hr work week thing behind in 12 months or so ;)

The Machine · 06-10-2002, 12:35 AM

sometimes i think too much technology is not very good (and i love getting away from time to time and watching the clouds on top of some green mountain)...still, internet access anywhere would be cool ;)

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pipp Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Where the sun don't shine Posts: 1,185	I used to have 802.11b access with an 19db antenna plugged into my wireless ethernet card. It sucked bigtime. Latency was shit, and had a high packet loss from time to time !!!! I still have the equipment after I switched to a leased line. So I can always point it at the local university and get access if my line goes down

06-10-2002, 12:35 AM	#11
The Machine Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 859	sometimes i think too much technology is not very good (and i love getting away from time to time and watching the clouds on top of some green mountain)...still, internet access anywhere would be cool ;)