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IF you could get reliable cost-sharing from neighbors this could be done using MAC filters on existing routers (at least Linksys's)....
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PERM exploits the diversity of broadband Internet access in residential areas to improve connectivity in a managed way," said Haiyun Luo, a professor of computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "Our design requires no support outside the user's wireless router, and is immediately deployable.
A typical residential user accesses his broadband home connection about 12 to 15 hours per week, figured Haiyun Luo, a professor of computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. So, while the Internet connection is always on, most of the time it sits idle. Luo would like to see that idleness put to good use by benefiting other users. He and graduate student Nathanael Thompson may have come up with a way to do it.
"Significantly improved speed and the 'always on' feature of wireless routers have been driving the rapid spread of broadband Internet access in many residential areas," said Luo. "More than 56 percent of homes in the United States already have Internet access, and more than half of those homes are using WiFi Latest News about WiFi wireless home networks."
A typical residential user accesses his broadband home connection about 12 to 15 hours per week, figured Haiyun Luo, a professor of computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. So, while the Internet connection is always on, most of the time it sits idle. Luo would like to see that idleness put to good use by benefiting other users. He and graduate student Nathanael Thompson may have come up with a way to do it.
"Significantly improved speed and the 'always on' feature of wireless routers have been driving the rapid spread of broadband Internet access in many residential areas," said Luo. "More than 56 percent of homes in the United States already have Internet access, and more than half of those homes are using WiFi Latest News about WiFi wireless home networks."
Dr. Mordrid