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Re:Afghans Build Open-Source Internet From Trash by kragen on Sunday June 26, 2011 @03:51PM (#2698913)
It depends. It doesn't penetrate very far into the trunk, but it doesn't have that much trouble with leaves and twigs. (Until they get rained on.) So you can have a line of sight that's pretty much blocked by trees visually, but quite clear in 2.4GHz.
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Re:Afghans Build Open-Source Internet From Trash by chopsueyar on Monday June 27, 2011 @11:17AM (#2701588)
So, if it is raining and the tree gets wet, it will not transmit through the tree, correct?
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Re:Afghans Build Open-Source Internet From Trash by kragen on Monday June 27, 2011 @01:16PM (#2702067)
It's not that simple. Attenuation increases when it rains and the tree gets wet, but whether the attenuation is enough to cut off your connection entirely depends on a lot of things. But sometimes, yes.
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Re:Afghans Build Open-Source Internet From Trash by chopsueyar on Monday June 27, 2011 @05:48PM (#2703142)
Well, this was some useful discourse.
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