While technically feasible for years, building a farm-wide
computer-based communications network has been expensive and
technologically challenging.  Until now.  Today, with a start-up
hardware investment of $600 or less (and a $30 to $60/month
service fee), farmers across much of the U.S. can have a
wireless farm — and a wireless world, for that matter. (They
also will need a computer with cellular wireless broadband
capability.)  The technological breakthrough that makes this
feasible has been available for years. But it is just beginning
to be harnessed in agriculture, after being adopted in the oil,
mining and transportation industries and in other industries
that operate in remote areas.  The breakthrough? Mobile cellular
antennas, plus an amplifier. Together, they boost the reach of
the cellular communications network enough to provide wall-to-
wall broadband coverage in many areas. Cell-phone coverage also
will get a boost, with broader coverage and fewer dropped calls.
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