Antenna System Is Said to Expand Wireless Internet Use

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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November 4, 2002

Antenna System Is Said to Expand Wireless Internet Use
By JOHN MARKOFF

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3 - A start-up company plans to announce new
antenna technology on Monday that it says can expand the limits of a
popular wireless Internet format, providing access to hundreds or
even thousands of portable computer users at distances of more than
2,000 feet within buildings and about four miles outdoors.

The antenna uses the 802.11 technical standard, also known as Wi-Fi,
which is currently limited to providing wireless Internet access to
several dozen users within a few hundred feet of the transmitter.
Wi-Fi is increasingly common in offices, airports, places like
Starbucks shops and even in a growing number of households.

Executives for the start-up company, Vivato, based here, said they
expected their technology to be especially suited to office buildings
because it would enable so many more people to use a single Wi-Fi
Internet connection simultaneously.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/04/technology/04WIRE.html



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