Long-Distance Wi-Fi

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Intel has found a way to stretch a Wi-Fi signal from one antenna to another located more than 60 miles away.

The wireless technology, called the rural connectivity platform (RCP), will be helpful to computer-equipped students in poor countries, says Jeff Galinovsky, a senior platform manager at Intel. And the data rates are high enough--up to about 6.5 megabits per second--that the connection could be used for video conferencing and telemedicine, he says

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