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xMax Sends “WiFi” 18 miles
By Larry Hendrick | November 5, 2005
Working for an ISP gives this new meaning for connectivity. This article gives a lot of information and had links off it you need to go read too. If this is true and is brought to market next year, it will kill the WiMax market instantly. Higher speeds, longer distances, and less power consumption than any predecessor. This could be a major jump in technology for wireless connections the next few years. This is definetly one to watch…
Techworld.com - xMax sparks low power wireless revolution
A little-known start-up has demonstrated wireless broadband 1000 times more efficient than WiMax – and claims the technique could also make wireless LANs that will run for years on watch batteries.
xG Technology, based in Sarasota, Florida, used a transmitter not unlike a cordless phone base station, operating in the unlicensed - and crowded - 900MHz band, to send a 3.7Mbit/s data signal to a radius of 18 miles across the suburbs of Miami, using 50mW and an omnidirectional antenna.
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