The Wi-Fi Pipeline

A number of companies are trying to find ways to provide fast and inexpensive Internet access. Some have even designed antennas made from pipes.

June 20, 2006

A SECTION of pipe, an empty container of talc, some thin aluminum piping and a computer cable. Take these items you might find laying around your garage and give them to Andi Santoso, and this tae kwon do student will turn them into something resembling a TV antenna.

However, this is no ordinary antenna. It is inexpensive and can provide a fast Internet connection; at least twice as fast as a dial-up connection (Internet access through a home tel

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