[opendtv] Re: WiFi Supplanting Broadcasting? Get Real!

  • From: "John Golitsis" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 15:14:39 -0400

That's with the standard stub antennas that the consumer APs ship with.  Check
out some of these optional units:

http://www.d-link.com/products/antennas.asp

I thought they used to list range in the specs, but they don't seem to now, at
least.  I'm pretty sure I recall one of the models having a 3.5KM range.
Definitely not 30 miles, but not a few hundred feet, either.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Willkie" <jmwillkie@xxxxxxx>
>
> It would be hard to replicate broadcast service area because the Wi-Fi
> signals only travel a few hundred feet -- if that.  We had viewers 30 miles
> away, with many areas between them and my transmitter where there were no
> homes, businesses, or even telephones per square mile.

 
 
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