Amped wifi signal?
 

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[Closed] Amped wifi signal?

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I'm in the middle of nowhere and I'm getting a strong wifi signal on my phone. I can pick up the same network as strong over a mile away..

What is this sorcery?


 
Posted : 05/09/2013 6:24 pm
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are you north east of bermuda in a seaplane ?


 
Posted : 05/09/2013 6:28 pm
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Although it's the same SSID it could be multiple access points.

Our local authority have the ability to broadcast an SSID out from the lamp posts which have wifi access points built in so you can almost never escape it.

The other option is someone with some external antennas locally and high up.


 
Posted : 05/09/2013 6:33 pm
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I was on the trent, nearest piece of anything manmade was half a mile


 
Posted : 05/09/2013 7:24 pm
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Someone using a directional antenna to create a point to point wifi link. Not that uncommon, I used to have one on the back of my house, connecting to a network a few streets away.


 
Posted : 05/09/2013 7:33 pm

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