World's Longest Wi-Fi Connection

axonis writes "The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) announced today that they have transmitted information via a broadband wireless link over a distance of 310km. They believe that this is the longest distance achieved using wireless connectivity. Alvarion (BreezeCom) is also the original consultant to Ericsson for BlueTooth technology"

kinda knocks the pants off 1km

[martyn s]

kinda knocks the pants off this 1 km wireless connection [slashdot.org]

In other news....

[Anonymous Coward]

Procter and Gamble has announced a giant pringles can intended for a super bowl promotion has been stolen.

Moore's Law in action?

[Seehund]

Whoa! An improvement of 31000% in 7 hours and 28 minutes [slashdot.org]. ;)

Dumb LAN kids

[andbutso]

Now there is just going to be stupid shit like LAN parties out in the middle of the desert.
Or maybe people think that's cool

Useless

[trynis]

"The round trip ping response at 300Km was 300-500 mSec."

With this kind of lag you can't play CounterStrike.

Re:Dumb LAN kids

[limekiller4]

andbutso writes:
"Now there is just going to be stupid shit like LAN parties out in the middle of the desert."

Burning Man II, Gibbing Boogaloo

I deserve whatever moderation I get for that.

Well, yeah...

[peekitty]

It's super useful! If you need to wirelessly transmit pr0n to a balloon 29km high.