It says these things would be at 60,000 feet, so pretty much all of that would be well below. It says they can do 10Gbps and they'll work up to 10 miles, but it doesn't say they can do 10 gig at 10 miles...
On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Stefan Englhardt <[email protected]> wrote: > Laser need LOS in the real sense. Fog, rain, smoke, birds, planes, ... > Or you give them enough power to remove the problem ;-). > > > -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- > Von: Jeremy <[email protected]> > Datum: 02.08.2015 17:01 (GMT+01:00) > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [AFMUG] Facebook testing drones with lasers for Internet > > 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”* >>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
