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Intel Finds a Way to Transmit Wi-Fi Over a Distance of 60 Miles
Intel has developed a means of transmitting Wi-Fi over a distance of 60 miles, making it possible to bring the internet to people living in the sticks. The technology, dubbed the "Rural Connectivity Platform" (RCP) consists of a processor, radios, specialized software, and an antenna that can crank out data rates of about 6.5 megabits per second. More »
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Japan is launching the Kizuna satellite, which will bring high-speed internet access to Japan's remote territories and neighboring countries, as well as providing continuous networking in case of emergency. The $342 million project, spearheaded by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), is expected to culminate in internet connections reaching speeds of 1.2Gbps, dwarfing current ADSL connections that typically allow data transfer to occur at below 8 Mbps. Users will need to install an antenna to be able to receive a signal, but for those speeds, I'd be willing to trade in a pound of my very own flesh.
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Japan's Kizuna Satellite to Beam Souped Up Internet Connection Back Home
Japan is launching the Kizuna satellite, which will bring high-speed internet access to Japan's remote territories and neighboring countries, as well as providing continuous networking in case of emergency. The $342 million project, spearheaded by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), is expected to culminate in internet connections reaching speeds of 1.2Gbps, dwarfing current ADSL connections that typically allow data transfer to occur at below 8 Mbps. Users will need to install an antenna to be able to receive a signal, but for those speeds, I'd be willing to trade in a pound of my very own flesh.
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Wi-Fi Detecting Watch, The Broadband Sniffer for Your Wrist
If you feel like you're going commando when you're not in the presence of Wi-Fi, strap on this Wi-Fi wristwatch that detects signal strength from 0 to 8, letting you sniff out that broadband connectivity wherever you go. Simply push the Wi-Fi button and it shows you the signal strength right there on its LCD display. It's no Rolex, but hey, it tells you the time just as well. Not bad for $29.99. [Think Geek]
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The New York Times just took a peek into the world of Japanese fiber optic broadband, which we all know is much faster and cheaper than ours. While we here in the States might view the Japanese broadband market as some utopia where entire HD movies can be downloaded in seconds, it's not quite that simple.
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Why Does Japan Get All The Super-Fast Fiber Optic Love?
The New York Times just took a peek into the world of Japanese fiber optic broadband, which we all know is much faster and cheaper than ours. While we here in the States might view the Japanese broadband market as some utopia where entire HD movies can be downloaded in seconds, it's not quite that simple.
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While Verizon is out aggressively trying to sell the country on their FiOS fiber optic web connection packages, which range from $40 per month for 5Mbps to 30Mbps for $180 (extra for TV and phone service!), Hong Kong residents can now enjoy their own fiber optic connections from Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited… which happen to be a fraction of the price and many times faster than what we can get here. Yes, HK residents can now get a whopping 100Mbps fiber optic connection for a mere $48.50 a month. And that's the entry-level package.
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Hong Kong Fiber Optic Rates Prove Verizon's FiOS is a Rip-Off
While Verizon is out aggressively trying to sell the country on their FiOS fiber optic web connection packages, which range from $40 per month for 5Mbps to 30Mbps for $180 (extra for TV and phone service!), Hong Kong residents can now enjoy their own fiber optic connections from Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited… which happen to be a fraction of the price and many times faster than what we can get here. Yes, HK residents can now get a whopping 100Mbps fiber optic connection for a mere $48.50 a month. And that's the entry-level package.
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Google is not leaving anything to chance, and according to an Australian newspaper is now planning to span the Pacific Ocean with its own undersea fiber optics cable to blast the world with its do-no-evil goodness. Owning a fat pipe like this will make Google the Big Dick of the high seas, making it cheaper for the company to move data and to dominate all those other weasels that are selling internet bandwidth.
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Google to Lay Own Transpacific Cable, Furthering Benevolent World Domination
Google is not leaving anything to chance, and according to an Australian newspaper is now planning to span the Pacific Ocean with its own undersea fiber optics cable to blast the world with its do-no-evil goodness. Owning a fat pipe like this will make Google the Big Dick of the high seas, making it cheaper for the company to move data and to dominate all those other weasels that are selling internet bandwidth.
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You never know when you might want to spread your connectivity love, and that's why this Cradlepoint CTR-350 travel router might be able to keep you and all your buddies online when nothing else will. If your broadband-enabled cellphone can connect, then this little black box can turn that connection into a Wi-Fi hotspot.
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Cradlepoint CTR-350 Spreads the Broadband from Cellphone to Wi-Fi
You never know when you might want to spread your connectivity love, and that's why this Cradlepoint CTR-350 travel router might be able to keep you and all your buddies online when nothing else will. If your broadband-enabled cellphone can connect, then this little black box can turn that connection into a Wi-Fi hotspot.
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Super 3G to Blast 300Mbps, Making EV-DO Look Like Horse and Buggy
NTT DoCoMo is about to make even speedy 3.1Mbps EV-DO (Rev. A) look like a horse and buggy, experimenting with a Super 3G wireless network system that could blast data through the air at speeds of 300Mbps. That's fast. And somebody do the math, but that sounds like it's about a zillion times faster than the poky 80kbps (or fanboy-tastically optimistic 200kbps real-world maximum) of the shit-slow EDGE network. How in the world are these NTT eggheads doing this? More »
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Beceem BCS200 Chipsets Break the WiMAX Speed Record
Beceem Communications sustained a speedy 33Mbps downlink/uplink throughput in a demo of its BCS200 WiMAX Wave 2 chipsets. Hey, that's fast! Beceem calls itself the top provider of chipsets for Mobile WiMAX technology, and the company hopes the BCS200 will be able to bolster the capabilities of a variety of WiMAX products with speeds approaching DSL.More »
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Blazing Wireless: How's About 6Gb Per Second?
We always want to show you the world's strongest, biggest and fastest, and now researchers have created the world's fastest wireless link, cramming over 6Gb per second through a point-to-point wireless link. This speedy wireless trick was demoed last month by CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, which is Australia's national science agency. More »
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Road Runner Troubles: Is It Us?
We suspect that Internet service providers are usually tightlipped about network outages and such, but we've had a first-hand experience with that in the past few days. Our Midwest contingent experienced numerous connectivity issues, and called Time Warner's Road Runner tech support. After a series of useless troubleshooting, they insisted the problem was ours, saying there was something wrong with one of the network interface cards on one of our PCs, even though none of our PCs on the network could connect to the Internet. More »
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Call-Dropping Motorola RAZRs
A problem has surfaced with the popular RAZR phones sold through Cingular and T-Mobile, where calls are cut off because a component erroneously registers that the phone has been closed. Motorola said RAZR phones sold by Verizon were not affected because they use wireless technology different from that of Cingular and T-Mobile. Even though Motorola said the dropped calls are only an issue with a few phones, Cingular and T-Mobile stopped selling the units as of Thursday. More »
1:16 PM on Fri Mar 10 2006
By Charlie White
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Latest by jac: I have had a similar problem with my RAZR either dropping half the call (I can hear them but they can't hear me) when someone dials in during an ongoing call, or out of the blue, I will get an more »
peripherals
USB Yenta Gets Computers Together
With this USB data transfer device from Think Geek, it's a snap to connect one computer to another. Simply plug one 4-foot retractable USB 2.0 cable into one computer, and the other cable into another, and then you're off and running, dragging and dropping between the two with reckless abandon. It happens quickly, too, at 25Mb per second, and a blue LED indicator light lets you know that all is well. Pocket-sized at just under 4 inches tall, it's $50. A true mitzvah! More »
