[LINK] The Game Begins...
Marghanita da Cruz
marghanita at ramin.com.au
Fri Jul 1 16:03:52 AEST 2011
Paul Brooks wrote:
> On 1/07/2011 8:25 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
>> At 06:22 AM 1/07/2011, Richard Chirgwin wrote:
>>
>>>> 7 Gbps within a 10-meter range
>> Pretty soon instead of gardens of bushes, trees and grass, the
>> landscape will be covered with transmission towers. I'm sure that'll
>> go over well. We haven't heard the anti-mobile tower groups for awhile now.
>>
>> Jan
>
> At least this will soon eliminate any problems with interference from neighbours. With
> a 10 metre range through air, and inability to penetrate walls, glass, or anything
> much thicker than a cardboard box, we won't have to worry about channel congestion,
> even in a dense apartment block.
Last week, I discovered my neighbour sitting on the steps in the hallway
working on her computer. Apparently, she had locked herself out and had to
fire up her computer and sit as close to the door as possible to use the
WiFi to send her partner a message, to come and let her in!
>
> We may need at least two access points per room though, to work around variable
> shadowing as people walk around.
>
> (Imagines a grumpy Dad yelling out "shut the windows, kids - you're letting out all
> the WiGigs!")
>
A couple of years ago, visiting Perth, I watched a bloke climb out of an
upper floor window onto his roof and settle down to work on his laptop,
seated on the ridgecap.
Marghanita
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