Ubiquiti Networks has come out with the “world’s first” wireless card specifically designed for the hotly desired and discussed 700Mhz band everyone’s scrambling to get a piece of. The XtremeRange7 uses the 32-bit mini-PCI Type IIIA standard and sports a ridiculous output power of 600 mW (your dinky home router’s probably putting out 28mW), which Ubiquiti claims gives it a tested antenna-dependent outdoor range of over 50 km, perfect for picking up wireless broadband provided by future (or current) licensees of the 700Mhz band.
https://gizmodo.com/fcc-keeps-open-access-provisions-for-700mhz-auction-de-308923
It supposedly has an “innovative receiver design” for improved noise shielding, which, to quote a friend, is necessary “so it won’t interfere with everything else and give the FCC a bitchfit.” Other features include: TCP/IP data rates over 50Mbps, scalable channel bandwidths of 5/10/20/40 Mhz, advanced QoS, 256-bit security, and full compatibility with available Linux drivers. No price or release date—but it probably won’t actually matter for a couple of months anyway. [Ubiquiti via Daily Wireless]
