Wi-Fi Router at CES 2025 Has a Connectivity Radius of 9.9 Miles

https://www.yankodesign.com/2025/01/08/this-game-changing-wi-fi-router-at-ces-2025-has-a-connectivity-radius-of-9-9-miles/

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sylver_dragon@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (2 replies)

So, sounds neat. But, holy fuck was that "article" light on any sort of details. "Sub-GHz frequency waves", seriously? The author couldn't ask basic questions like "what frequency does it use?" or "how are you handling spectrum licensing?" This sort of thing would be great, but not if it's going to mean showing up at an FCC auction whenever you want to add an access point.

alphapuggle@programming.dev · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Sub-GHz frequencies

So what, it's 915MHz? Groundbreaking, truly. They've reinvented LoRA

flying_mechanic@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

It's specifically an implementation of 802.11 protocols over LoRa, called HaLow https://www.wi-fi.org/beacon/y-zachary-freeman/wi-fi-halow-and-lorawan-how-do-the-technologies-compare

ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

So what if everyone has one of those. Already now in apartment buildings you can pick up tons of other WiFi's, with increased radius are you even able to connect to yours when about 100 additional ones are using similar frequencies?

flying_mechanic@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

It's based on wifi over LoRa, called HaLow and Lora is pretty good at working in noisy environments. This is for connecting low bandwidth IOT sensors while maintaining an IP address based protocol for ease