StartupRealities

StartupRealities No 79 WiFiExtension is a technology company which helps neighbours connect to each other's home WiFi networks. The company maintains an online "matching" database of the wifi networks of people who have entered their wifi code and those of their neighbours. When the database detects an overlap of the same network entered by two people (the owner and a neighbour), it connects the two and allows them to exchange their wifi passwords securely. The access that people receive to a neighbour's wifi network is always secondary and with a limited capacity when the owner of the network is using their wifi. CEO QUOTE "Your neighbour's router may be closer to your garden than your own router, so why not share their bandwidth once in a while, especially when they are not using their internet. Some people worry that their neighbours will take advantage of their wifi and do heavy downloads but our system makes this impossible. We set a limit on second...

StartupRealities No 76 YardWiFi is an IT equipment maker which produces extender internet cables that plug into a home router and allow people to access WiFi internet in their garden or front/back yard. The cables are normally affixed to walls or fences circumscribing a garden or back yard. CEO QUOTE "Being out of range is the number one or number two complaint about home WiFi connections, after slow internet. We try to level the playing field by widening access to WiFi, especially in outdoor areas," said company founder and CEO Yan Wyer. Internet router (image source: Wikipedia )