One Mile WiFi? So Says the ParkerVision 1500WR

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=914112&sku=P999-1004&SRCCODE=CANEM187' target='_blank'>http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=914112&sku=P999-1004&SRCCODE=CANEM187</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Yes, this incredible ParkerVision 1500 4-Port 802.11b wireless router gives you an astonishing 5000 feet of OPEN FIELD wireless coverage. THIS KIND OF PERFORMANCE TRANSLATES INTO FULL COVERAGE FOR YOUR ENTIRE HOME. In every single room! Through walls! Down corridors. OUT BY YOUR POOL. Across the open fields. In the middle of the city. Stupendous range. This router Features advanced D2D™ transceiver technology, from ParkerVision. This means you will experience no loss of EFI signal! No dead zones!! And that's guaranteed. Nearly a country mile's worth of OPEN FIELD wireless coverage. Think how big a mile is - it's 5,280 feet. Then think about the possibilities."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://images.tigerdirect.ca/SKUimages/medium/p999-1004-main-6.jpg" /><br /><br />I found this product quite interesting - it's $326 CAN, about triple what a normal 802.11b access point costs, but it's more than three times as powerful. Heck, I'd settle for paying twice as much for an access point and getting twice the range. Since I switched to using my Fujitsu P5010D, I haven't had any range problems when combined with the ill-fated Microsoft MN-700, but now and then the signal will drop or it will switch networks, presumably due to a stronger signal being detected (man I hate that). And, yes, I have the "connect to non-preferred networks" box un-checked.

[James Fee]

To quote Montgomery Burns...
A lifetime of &lt;being next to this Access Point> has left me with a healthy green glow - and has left me as impotent as the Nevada boxing commissioner.

[David Prahl]

But 5000 feet of coverage - is that a 5000 foot diameter or 5000 square feet?

[ctmagnus]

Or 5000 ft radius? ;)

5000 sq ft is roughly 70 ft per side, which equates to being able to walk 35 ft away from the AP before you use the signal. So obviously not that one.

[Crocuta]

But 5000 feet of coverage - is that a 5000 foot diameter or 5000 square feet?

They say that you can get 5,000 feet away from it under perfect conditions, so that would be a radius.