<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Brian Wood <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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</div></div>Well I remember when the distance record for 440Mhz. was about 2 blocks, now we go hundreds of miles with it.<br>
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But I agree, 60 Ghz. is not going to propagate very well past your desktop, as long as your coffee cup isn't in the way.<br>
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As one commenter pointed out, it might keep your coffee warm.<br>
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I think I'll stick with copper paths.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I suppose you could use directional antennas and try to use the multipath reflections, but it's tricky. I'd love to see something like that be really useful, I just don't see it right now. Kind of like the IR based high speed networking that got posted on /. not so long ago. :) </div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm with you, copper is the way to go right now. Perhaps something better will come out later. </div></div>