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Comments Filter:   • by MindPrison (864299) on Saturday
September 10, 2011 @04:22AM (#37361040) Journal      ...if you
have a satellite dish (which neighborhood doesn't?)     you can
just place your WiFi Dongle right in the focus area, or even
various other places in front of your dish, and you'll have more
hotspots than you EVER dreamed of.      • by gomiam (587421)
...as long as they are in the line of sight of the satellite
dish. I haven't worked with many of them but I kind of remember
they are very directional, being parabolic and all that.       •
They indeed are. Sat dishes are fantastic for leeching wifi from
a location where you can see half the city, because you can
*literally* reach wherever you can see, but you'll have to move
the dish around a lot. And if you live in a second-floor flat
you won't be