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Submission + - Capacity Limits on Wireless Broadband Frequencies

d'baba writes: I'm trying to figure out (and failing horribly), what the theoretical carrying capacities of the several wireless broadband frequencies are? More to the point, in any given location how many bits per second can one wireless broadband access point provide? As a side question, how many average VoiP calls can be supported by perfect wireless in any location?
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Submission + - FBI Dragnet To Use Racial Profiling, Data Mining (google.com)

d'baba writes: The AP has published an article that reports on a proposed policy change at the FBI such that preliminary investigations into individuals will be brought based on data-mining results which the government calls "predictive models and patterns of behavior". The article says further, "Among the factors that could make someone subject of an investigation is travel to regions of the world known for terrorist activity, access to weapons or military training, along with the person's race or ethnicity."

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