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Start-up touts 'instant Wi-Fi' mesh network
Created: 10/30/2007
Video description: At DemoMobile in La Jolla, Calif., Hawaiian start-up Firetide unveils 802.11b nodes designed to create wireless, self-healing mesh networks.

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