Two West Coast start-up companies have built new wireless technologies
that take to heart Benjamin Franklin's exhortation to hang together
rather than hang separately.
Both Mushroom Networks, which was started at the University of
California, San Diego, and WiBoost Inc., based in Seattle, have built
prototypes of simple wireless systems that make it possible for groups
of neighbors to share their D.S.L. or cable Internet connections.
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