Today at a New York City launch event [Chet Kanojia] unveiled Starry, the first consumer company to use millimeter wave technology to deliver wireless internet access. Up until now, that's been a technology mainly used by the military for radar and other purposes. [...] The company's equivalent to cellular towers are active phase array devices it's calling Starry Beam. They can be installed on rooftops and other high vantage points, and they offer a range of between 0.6 and 1.2 miles (or one to two kilometers). Actual internet access will come from leased fiber connections from company's like Level 3. Accessing the network at your home requires a small device that sits right outside your window, dubbed Starry Point, which is like an over-the-air TV antenna. - Devindra Hardawar, Engadget [via/web:http://streaming-tv.us]
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