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Solar-Powered Wi-Fi

Solar-powered Wi-Fi networks. Lumin’s first-generation product is the LightWave AP-1000 solar-powered access point, which comes in two models, single and dual. The Pearl Street deployment utilizes four dual units, each of which is located out of sight on a well-chosen rooftop, and features two hinged solar panels. Link.

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Posted by: LAME on August 10, 2005 at 3:10 PM

"Environmentally friendly"? Unless the solar panels are naturally occuring, I think that these people are just deluded...

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