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Portable Wi-Fi hotspot

ElderCatElderCat Registered User, ClubPA regular
edited September 2005 in PAX Archive
Costs roughly $1000 and around $50/month for the cell phone broadband plan in your area. But it is indeed a go anywhere Wi-Fi hotspot that even works at highway speeds.(supertrip people take note)

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how20/6a278ca927d05010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html

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  • eelektrikeelektrik Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2005
    Thats awesome, If some of the supertrippers next year manage to build those(Id think the GTA crew could easily get enough money to make one) we can have portable online gaming with PSP and DS along the trip...

    Hows the coverage though on the cellular internet, would you occaisonally be hitting areas that have no coverage, and therefor no WiFi?

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  • ElderCatElderCat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2005
    No, I would imagine the Wi-Fi router would work without an internet connection, just like a LAN wireless router at your house, so you would just not have internet access.

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  • tmonkeytmonkey Registered User regular
    edited September 2005
    It'd be easy enough to build such a system into the bus. You wouldn't have to mess with the solar panels or such, just have a few high power antennas and a signal booster to cover the straglers.

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