GeekCoffee reports:

A Florida-based company [xG Technology] has claimed that its new wireless technology can bring broadband to wider areas than other competing technologies due to the use of low frequencies to extend the operating distance. By piggybacking on frequencies usually used by normal radio stations, the xMax technology can transmit in large areas - for example, the test network in Florida will cover a 40 square mile area of Miami and Fort Lauderdale with just a single base station.

Because of this incredible range, xMax is said to be far more cost-effective than its competitors such as the WiMax solution currently backed by Intel and others. Another advantage of the technology over WiMax is that it can be used to bring broadband to remote areas currently beyond the reach of existing broadband solutions, where WiMax is only effective in densely populated urban areas.

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