http://www.macnn.com/articles/03/01/08/dr..bott/
Dr. Bott debuts AirPort Extreme antennas
updated 09:10 am EST, Wed January 8, 2003
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Dr. Bott's ExtendAIR products are Apple-certified range-extending antennas for Apple's AirPort Extreme Base Station. ($150) extends the range in a single direction to 500 feet. The directional antenna lets you extend the range of a base station in a specific direction (and will only available in the US due to regulatory restrictions), while the omnidirectional antenna lets you extend the range of the AirPort Extreme Base Station in all directions (available worldwide). Both will ship in February.
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Need proof before buying
I'm very interested in the new Airport Extreme with DrBott antenna but hesitate before knowing precisely how well the antenna will perform for my mobile 1GHz Powerbook G4 and iBook 2USB in and around my house. I have several Airport reception almost-dead zones and would very much like to resolve this. These antenna may just be what I need -- but I need some proof.
Maybe Apple can experiment and post some real results for each of their Aiport (old and new Extreme) equipped Macs for us so an informed purchase decsion can be made.
At $100/$150 plus cost of the new Airport Extreme base station the purchase needs some justification and research IMO.