There is this company called terrabeam or terrawave which uses a technology called "Free space Optics" which is exactly as is being discussed i.e lasers and all. But this is usually for short range (campus) or MAN applications. A google search should get you the details.
---vk On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Mrinal Kalakrishnan wrote: mrinal> Hi, mrinal> mrinal> Shridhar Daithankar typed: mrinal> > Frankly I feel laying fible optic is an idiocy. Laser PPP is the way to go. mrinal> > Hell of a erduction in maintenance cost. mrinal> mrinal> Hmm, this got me thinking. Are such devices actually available in the mrinal> market, or does one have to sit down with a soldering iron and design mrinal> the whole thing? (not to mention writing drivers) :-) mrinal> mrinal> _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
