The article mentioned that the town on the other side of the river was using a 400km fiber line that goes around the river (I would imagine it goes to a lot of other places too...), so yeah, I'd say it's connecting two existing ISPs
On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 3:17 PM Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote: > So 700TB over 20 Days, that's about 4gb/s average. I wonder what these > are feeding on each end, that that amount of traffic suddenly turned on, or > if it's literally extending an ISP on each end. Or is this just test > traffic. > > On 9/20/2021 3:03 PM, Mathew Howard wrote: > > Yeah... other than potentially being capable of more bandwidth, and maybe > getting around some regulations, I can't imagine what advantage there would > be. > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 2:41 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There's a whiz-bang-wow factor for free space optics. I'm not sure if >> there's any real technical advantage over millimeter wave though. None >> that I'm currently aware of. >> >> -Adam >> >> >> On 9/20/2021 12:12 PM, Mathew Howard wrote: >> >> Seems to me like you're almost always going to be a lot better off just >> using 80ghz (or even 60ghz, depending on requirements)... I guess if you >> need more than 10Gbps it might make sense, but otherwise, it seems like >> playing with this stuff is just going to cause a lot of unnecessary >> headaches. >> >> On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 10:13 AM Steve Jones <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I hope its come along way. we did some and it was awful. auto alignment >>> had to be turned of because it would sometimes just start adjusting and go >>> out of alignment like it was having a seizure. lens fogging was awful. We >>> had one where it would take a courthouse down roughly the same time every >>> day, finally tracked it to sun reflection off an aluminum parapet. i had to >>> haul a truck tarp up onto the roof to cover the parapet to prove it. The >>> only place for lasers is in flexible glass >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 9:16 AM Jaime Solorza < >>> <[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Yep...they tried one from a bank building in El Paso to Juarez back in >>>> the late 1990s...22 story building moved too much...we ended up installing >>>> a 23Ghz link but from another location. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2021, 6:24 AM Brian Webster < >>>> <[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I would think now it would be easier to mount the laser in a gyro >>>>> stabilized gimbal to account for the movement. In the 90’s that technology >>>>> was not affordable. Image stabilizing cameras exist, gyro stabilized RC >>>>> helicopters and drones are commonplace. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> >>>>> Brian Webster >>>>> >>>>> <http://www.wirelessmapping.com>www.wirelessmapping.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *From:* AF [mailto: <[email protected]>[email protected]] *On >>>>> Behalf Of *Chuck McCown via AF >>>>> *Sent:* Friday, September 17, 2021 8:16 PM >>>>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >>>>> *Cc:* Chuck McCown >>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] ***SPAM*** interesting...we installed several >>>>> laser links in the 1990s... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I did too. Mexico City. E1 data rate. High rise buildings. >>>>> Building movement was a problem. >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 17, 2021, at 5:12 PM, Jaime Solorza < >>>>> <[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> <https://news.google.com/articles/CBMicGh0dHBzOi8vYXJzdGVjaG5pY2EuY29tL2dhZGdldHMvMjAyMS8wOS9hbHBoYWJldHMtbGFzZXItaW50ZXJuZXQtc3lzdGVtLWhhcy1zZW50LTcwMHRiLW9mLWRhdGEtd2l0aC05OS05LXVwdGltZS_SAXZodHRwczovL2Fyc3RlY2huaWNhLmNvbS9nYWRnZXRzLzIwMjEvMDkvYWxwaGFiZXRzLWxhc2VyLWludGVybmV0LXN5c3RlbS1oYXMtc2VudC03MDB0Yi1vZi1kYXRhLXdpdGgtOTktOS11cHRpbWUvP2FtcD0x?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen> >>>>> https://news.google.com/articles/CBMicGh0dHBzOi8vYXJzdGVjaG5pY2EuY29tL2dhZGdldHMvMjAyMS8wOS9hbHBoYWJldHMtbGFzZXItaW50ZXJuZXQtc3lzdGVtLWhhcy1zZW50LTcwMHRiLW9mLWRhdGEtd2l0aC05OS05LXVwdGltZS_SAXZodHRwczovL2Fyc3RlY2huaWNhLmNvbS9nYWRnZXRzLzIwMjEvMDkvYWxwaGFiZXRzLWxhc2VyLWludGVybmV0LXN5c3RlbS1oYXMtc2VudC03MDB0Yi1vZi1kYXRhLXdpdGgtOTktOS11cHRpbWUvP2FtcD0x?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> AF mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> AF mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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