FSO is attenuated much worse by rain fade, and MTBF is much lower than radios (typically less than 10 years). Depending on the cost of the unit, sunlight reflecting into the lens will cause issues.
Also, things like fog, dust, etc. attenuate FSO where radio does not. FSO is a dying technology in my mind… I can only think of one company that still manufacturers FSO gear (Lightpointe). SAF actually built FSO links around 2000 or so… but got out of it due to the limitations of the technology. Daniel White | Managing Director SAF North America LLC Cell: (303) 746-3590 Skype: danieldwhite E-mail: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett via Af Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 6:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Samsung: 4.6 GIGABIT WiFi, suck in a movie in SECONDS • The Register Oh, at that distance might as well use FSO. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com _____ From: "Stefan Englhardt via Af" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 8:32:07 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Samsung: 4.6 GIGABIT WiFi, suck in a movie in SECONDS • The Register 60Ghz attenuates a lot by moisture. All vendors I talk to dont recommend more than 500m = 1/3 mile. Von: Af [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Mike Hammett via Af Gesendet: Montag, 13. Oktober 2014 15:27 An: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Betreff: Re: [AFMUG] Samsung: 4.6 GIGABIT WiFi, suck in a movie in SECONDS • The Register I can't wait. By short you mean like up to a mile? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com _____ From: "Stefan Englhardt via Af" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 8:16:47 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Samsung: 4.6 GIGABIT WiFi, suck in a movie in SECONDS • The Register 60 Ghz band ist good for up to 500m ptp. There are products from silku, athena, sub10 Based on a 802.11ad chipsets this band might give dirt cheap short gigabit links. This is the only 802.11ad chipset I know of: http://wilocity.com/products/chipsets Von: Af [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Jaime Solorza via Af Gesendet: Montag, 13. Oktober 2014 15:02 An: Animal Farm Betreff: [AFMUG] Samsung: 4.6 GIGABIT WiFi, suck in a movie in SECONDS • The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/13/samsung_promises_46_gbps_wifi_maybe_next_year/ Jaime Solorza
