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Friday, July 27, 2001
http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO62352,00.html Free Wireless Pays Off By Bob Brewin The Alaska Marine Highway System has probably pushed mobile wireless LAN technology to its ultimate, says Dan Judd. An analyst/programmer at the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Judd helped develop and deploy a ship-to-shore wireless LAN communications system for the AMHS, which operates ferry ships serving ports in south central and southwest Alaska, the state's panhandle and the Aleutian Islands chain. The AMHS installed wireless LAN gear on its ships, with the antennas mounted high on the communications masts. And like a growing number of organizations, it's running that equipment in license-free spectrum, communicating with its nine ships on the 2.4-GHz band....
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