From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [LML] WiFi In Your Airplane
To: lml
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:12:16 -0400
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Posted for "Don Parsons" <DAP@DParsons.com>:

  At first I read the article, and was highly skeptical about a 35 mile WiFi
  connection. In earlier years, I did not believe that the Defcon Wi-fi
  Shootout contestants had been able to establish WiFi connections over such
  great distances. The whole point of the contest is to see who can establish
  the most distant WiFi connection. I see from the article below that they
  have been able to get greater distances than Cringley's 35 miles. So...
  apparently it is possible, and therefore it does have some interesting
  implications for getting Internet access while in flight.
  
  http://www.bbwexchange.com/publications/newswires/page546-1086045.asp
  
  Sure would let war drivers cover a whole lot more ground in a given amount
  of time. ;-)
  
  802.11b and 802.11g use 2.4 GHz frequencies. Is there anything that we might
  have in our panels that WiFi might interfere with? From what I gather from
  the Cringely article, the answer is no.
  
  Don