Introducing the (Legally Iffy) Wi-Fi Slurpr
Filed in archive Wi-Fi by jeff goldman on May 29, 2007

Digital Trends News' Geoff Duncan reports on the arrival of Geek Technique's new device called the Slurpr, which "proposes to aggregate bandwidth from up to six Wi-Fi networks into a single, very wide pipe."
"The idea is that the box can transparently connect to available Wi-Fi networks and offer its user all the available bandwidth as a single connection," Duncan writes. "Of course, the connections aren't actually bonded into a true single connection: from the description, the Slurpr seems to use a round-robin approach to connections, using different available connections for different requests. So, loading a Web page, the text may come in via one connection, a big image via another, and you could be streaming video via still another connection at the same time: it's not same as having one giant broadband pipes, but being able to use a bunch of small pipes is still better for most things than using a single small pipe."
The concern is that the device will be used for high-bandwidth wardriving, stealing Wi-Fi from multiple nearby networks at once -- and it's enough of a concern that the guys at Geek Technique are considering requiring purchasers to sign a waiver before they can get a Slurpr of their very own...
More here from Engadget ... more here from Wi-Fi Networking News ... more here from SlashGear ... more here from Wired Blogs ... and more here from Bomega.
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