Long range wireless internet

Access points have more or less the same ranges - at the most a few hundred
meters.

How do you cover a larger area of a city, i.e. in the range of a few km?
Something that does not require a public licence, preferably.

Thanks,
Knud

Knud Josefsen wrote:
> Access points have more or less the same ranges - at the most a few hundred
> meters.

Complete and total bullshit.

> How do you cover a larger area of a city, i.e. in the range of a few km?
> Something that does not require a public licence, preferably.

If you stay within 2.4Ghz, I've used smartBridges stuff. There's others,
look at Tranzeo. Got more money? Look at Alvarion. Other frequencies,
other solutions.

"Knud Josefsen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>How do you cover a larger area of a city, i.e. in the range of a few km?
>Something that does not require a public licence, preferably.

The island I'm on (~1x2 miles) is connected by a SpeedLAN mesh from
http://wavewireless.com/ that works pretty well. It's essentially
802.11b hardware in outdoor housings with their own protocol, and
except for some fade during heavy storms has been at least as reliable
as the DSL line that brings us our Internet. 8*) Nodes within about
1/2 mile of each other get by with omni antennas, others have gain
dishes.