treehugger.com - 11/20/2008
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cleantechnica.com - 11/19/2008
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cleantechnica.com —
Meraki — the ubiquitous WiFi company — announced
that their much anticipated solar unit will begin shipping...
on December 4 as part of the company’s mission to bring affordable Internet access to everyone. Here in San Francisco, I often connect my ...
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Free Solar-Powered WiFi Coming to a Town Near You
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Meraki's Solar Powered Wi-Fi Repeater Finally Shipping in December [Solar Wi-fi]
Gizmodo —
... your own solar panel, which then balloons up to $1499 for "larger units". The main idea that Meraki is going after is "getting internet access to everyone", so powering these units off of el sol is a good idea. City planners can deploy these in parks, or really rich people can deploy these all over their multi-acre ranches so they can torrent anywhere. If Michael Jackson still had Neverland, he'd be all up in this solar action. [Meraki via Cleantechnica via Treehugger] ...
Solar Powered WiFi Could Mean Internet For Everyone
GadgetReview —
... they sure will increase the likelihood of ubiquitous WiFi, especially in public places. Thanks to the solar panels the WiFi repeater stations can be placed virtually anywhere as they depend on the sun’s energy for power. From what I gather, there’s a base station that emits a WiFi signal and the Meraki Solar simply repeats the signal cord free. Green, clean and surfing the Net.
Product page here
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