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October 20, 2005
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch ...
According to Breitbart.com, the Biggest Wi-Fi Cloud Is in Eastern Oregon.
"Parked alongside his onion fields, Bob Hale can prop open a laptop and read his e-mail or, with just a keystroke, check the moisture of his crops.
"As the jack rabbits run by, he can watch CNN online, play a video game or turn his irrigation sprinklers on and off, all from the air conditioned comfort of his truck...This lonely terrain is served by what is billed as the world's largest hotspot, a wireless cloud that stretches over 700 square miles of landscape so dry and desolate it could have been lifted from a cowboy tune...
"Similar wireless projects have been stymied in major metropolitan areas by telephone and cable TV companies, which have poured money into legislative bills aimed at discouraging such competition."
Not apparently in eastern Oregon.
"'Outside the cloud, I can't even get DSL,' said Hale. 'When I'm inside it, I can take a picture of one of my onions, plug it into my laptop and send it to the Subway guys in San Diego and say, "Here's a picture of my crop."'"
Ubiquitous wireless cannot be far away.
Posted by DavidK at October 20, 2005 04:26 PM | Permalink