Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Mobile voice over Wi-Fi at 80 miles per hour

The world's first highway Wi-Fi mobile voice network has been successfully tested on a US interstate highway – the Canamex Interstate Highway (I-19) from Rio Rico to a point south of Green Valley, Arizona. Wi-VOD deployed it using a Department of Homeland Security grant; the network is managed by the Arizona Telecommunications and Information Council. Get this: Wi-VOD claims it was able to make multi-party VoIP conference calls at speeds in excess of 130 kilometres per hour (80mph) sustained over the entire network.

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Mesh Networks, who was recently acquired by Motorola can sustain broadband IP connectivity at speeds up to 250 miles per hour and should be able to support VOIP calls similar to what is mentioned in this article.

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