The Dog Food Tin Broadband Wireless
Posted: 06th Mar, 2003 By: MarkJ
David Taylor, an IT manager at Equation (the IT consultancy and training company), has used dog food tins to boost the transmission of a broadband wireless connection to his workplace:
His business near Alfreton was too remote to be served by any existing service. So he found a nearby village with broadband access and went door-to-door looking for a home where he could pay for a connection.
'People were a little suspicious at first but it didn't take long to find a willing household,' he said. The home connection was relayed through a wireless transmitter about two and a half kilometres to Equation's offices.
Realising that standard 802 transmitters can be boosted by modifying antennae, he set about experimenting with various tins. A milk powder tin worked well but it wasn't waterproof. 'Other tins ended up rusting, but the dog food tin has worked very well.'
It's perhaps the most interesting news story we've seen about dog food tins in sometime, more @ VNUNet.
His business near Alfreton was too remote to be served by any existing service. So he found a nearby village with broadband access and went door-to-door looking for a home where he could pay for a connection.
'People were a little suspicious at first but it didn't take long to find a willing household,' he said. The home connection was relayed through a wireless transmitter about two and a half kilometres to Equation's offices.
Realising that standard 802 transmitters can be boosted by modifying antennae, he set about experimenting with various tins. A milk powder tin worked well but it wasn't waterproof. 'Other tins ended up rusting, but the dog food tin has worked very well.'
It's perhaps the most interesting news story we've seen about dog food tins in sometime, more @ VNUNet.
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