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A Houston, Texas, grandma will finally be able to watch the religious videos that she's been missing, now that she has become the first host of a residential "Super W-Fi" hotspot. "I've wanted to have the Internet for a long time, but it's very expensive" said Leticia Aguirre, described in a statement from Rice University, co- …

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  1. Neil Greatorex
    Coat

    "watch religious programming"

    Euphemism for porn no doubt.

    I'm going OK?

    1. Elmer Phud
      Coat

      Second Coming?

      as title + coat

    2. Uncle Slacky Silver badge
      Joke

      Probably...

      ...considering the amount of time the "performers" say "oh god...oh god...OHHH GODDD..."

  2. Fuzz

    numbers?

    I thought this was a tech site, where are the numbers? What's the range of this new super wifi? What kind of bandwidth will this lady be getting? What kit is installed in her house? Where does the signal come from? How many people can the source serve? What are the drawbacks?

    1. Marvin the Martian
      WTF?

      GFE

      Google For-your-information Exists.

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Dead Vulture

        Good point

        Bypass El-Reg completely and go straight to Google.

    2. tantiboh

      Exactly right

      Hey, Reg - how about publishing tech journalism instead of political editorials, hm?

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Joke

    Title

    "Looking forward to .... watching religious videos online "

    At last! An even more pointless waste of bandwidth than spam.

  4. mhenriday
    Pint

    This news (such as it is - utterly devoid of details

    regarding speeds, costs, etc) cannot be allowed to pass without the appropriate quote from Henry David Thoreau :

    «We are in great haste to build a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate.»

    Henri

  5. NoOnions
    Thumb Up

    I was going to rant on about...

    ..."...watching religious videos online..." but Neil and AC beat me to it!

  6. Goldberg
    Stop

    Religious videos

    God f*cking damn it, the internet was not invented for bullsh*t !

    1. The Fuzzy Wotnot
      Happy

      No it wasn't...

      ...but it hasn't harmed it's growth in any way!

  7. Pisnaz

    Getting irked at this

    I am getting tired of the claims of greatness of the old TV spectrum and how amazing it will make life. They will not be faster speeds from this, yes it will be a more stable, greater ranged and have more punch power (ability to enter buildings and pass through organics) but bandwidth does not magically go up when you reduce your frequency. It also has the lovely side effect of needing larger antennas which usually means they will use 1/2 or 1/4 wavelength antennas and thus it reduces pros they do gain.

    As I understand "Super-Wifi" it uses the UHF merely as an interlink between APs and then it is back to normal, this does seem like a great idea for long range interlinks sans copper, but I would not be touting it as super. All it merely is is a repeater station they have done this for years. The fun part will be when people start sniffing and asking is that UHF signal is secure, I skimmed a bit but seems it may not be.

  8. KAndersson

    Not the First

    Spectrum Bridge has been conducting trials for a year and half, including residential broadband access. http://www.spectrumbridge.com/products-services/whitespaces/success-stories.aspx

    Carlson Wireless has a trial going at the Yurok Reservation in Northern California http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_17248440

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