Early attempts to deploy citywide wireless Internet access have run into unforeseen problems. Contractors have been forced to place more access points than planned, and subscribers need to attach signal boosters to their homes in order to receive Internet access. Help may be on the way in the form of Wavion, a San Jose, California-based company, which boasts software and silicon that increase the transmission distance of a WiFi signal and put an end to much of the signal loss.
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