Ah, I guess my subconscious desire added that. I have always thought that lasers backed by RF would be the future of wireless. They'll have to have RF also for when a bird flies through it.
On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 9:00 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > I don’t see the “on the ground” part: > > We've also made a breakthrough in laser communications technology. We've > successfully tested a new laser that can transmit data at 10 gigabits per > second. That's ten times faster than any previous system, and it can > accurately connect with a point the size of a dime from more than 10 miles > away. > > > *From:* Jeremy <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, August 02, 2015 9:53 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Facebook testing drones with lasers for Internet > > It talks about the lasers being able to align to a spot on the ground "the > size of a dime". That seems like drone to ground lasers to me. > > On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 8:33 AM, Stefan Englhardt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Laser between moving objects sound quite unbelievable. >> >> -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- >> Von: Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> >> Datum: 02.08.2015 16:10 (GMT+01:00) >> An: [email protected] >> Betreff: Re: [AFMUG] Facebook testing drones with lasers for Internet >> >> 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 <[email protected]> >> *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 <602-426-0542>* >> >> *[email protected] <[email protected]>* >> >> *www.triadwireless.net <http://www.triadwireless.net/>* >> >> >> >> *“Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published >> every day, like those of a baseball player. ~Author Unknown”* >> >> >> > >
