Super WiFi might bring faster Internet service to rural areas.

Developed by Edward Knightly, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rice University, super WiFi uses unused TV channels in the radio spectrum to send Internet signals.

Knightly says the benefits of his super WiFi system is it lowers the costs of high-speed Internet service because TV channels can travel farther and stronger than other WiFi technologies.

He says the development of Super WiFi came from a Federal Communications Commission decision that unused TV channels can be used for wireless Internet.

Knightly says there are more unused TV channels in rural areas than there are in urban settings that can be used for wireless Internet.

Some of the Internet speeds in his Super WiFi are 10-100 mps (megabytes per second), he notes.

However, speeds can vary based on amount of distance the signal travels and the number of users.

Knightly says there are strict rules about using the TV channels.

Those rules include checking a database to make sure no TV signals are being transmitted on that channel, and there are limits on interference into other areas.

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