It's obvious few read the article. " Lasers will be used for the drones to communicate with each other, while the drones will communicate with the ground using radio signals. "
" Aquila is "a very lightweight, very large wingspan aircraft capable of flying above normal airliners, above 60,000 feet, for up to three months at a time," Andy Cox, engineering lead for the Facebook aviation team, said in the video. " ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rory Conaway" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2015 10:50:56 PM 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. 37 th 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”
