Netgear now touting open source WRT-compatible wireless router

[Frank DiPrete]

tachyons - cool

This is explains why my wifi is so much better now.
I must be installing one of these some time in the future ...


Bill McGonigle wrote:
> Only because the pedantic salvo was fired. :) ...
> 
> On Jul 6, 2008, at 04:13, VirginSnow at vfemail.net wrote:
> 
>> Hats off to
>> Linksys for introducing the first SOHO router capable of transmitting
>> its data signals over tachyons...
>>
>> Quote from the product specifications on newegg:
>>
>>     MIMO technology uses multiple radios to create a robust signal
>>     that travels farther and faster, with reduced dead spots.
> 
> They said the signal travels farther and faster, not the radio  
> waves.  They merely use radio waves to propagate the signal.
> 
> And it's true, with 802.11n, the signal (information theory meaning)  
> does go farther and travels faster.  This is obvious from the  
> improved data rate which is measured vs. time - if your signal is  
> comprised of a given number of bits, with 802.11n that signal will  
> arrive sooner than with 802.11g, which means its travel time from the  
> sender to the recipient is decreased, hence faster.
> 
> -Bill
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