Lasers between drones, RF to ground. Still probably more challenging in the real world than Facebook is anticipating. But they also are probably not designing for people who will complain to the FCC about not getting 99.999% reliability.
From: Rory Conaway Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2015 10:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] Facebook testing drones with lasers for Internet http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/07/facebook-our-drones-will-use-lasers-to-deliver-10gbps-internet-access/ The interesting part is the laser working at 10Gbps at 10 miles. Rory Conaway • Triad Wireless • CEO 4226 S. 37th Street • Phoenix • AZ 85040 602-426-0542 [email protected] www.triadwireless.net “Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player. ~Author Unknown”
