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2021-09-20 Science & Technology

The future of high-speed internet? Google scientists send broadband across the Congo River via beams of LIGHT in breakthrough that could lead to faster networks in remote areas

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-09-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 20 years ago at Nortel I used lasers to mesh a campus.

"In some parts of the world, low visibility caused by things like fog and haze would impair the process"

Posted by Skidmark 2021-09-20 12:47|| 2021-09-20 12:47|| Front Page Top

#2 several methods to improve broadband in remote areas and for low cost

which is why the $50 billion in the bipartisan infrastructure bill is a waste

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-09-20 13:38|| 2021-09-20 13:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Back in 1991, our campus had fiber between each building.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2021-09-20 14:08|| 2021-09-20 14:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Curious as to how this compares to an microwave link.

Posted by CrazyFool 2021-09-20 15:01|| 2021-09-20 15:01|| Front Page Top

#5 First guess: somebody in the Democratic Republic of Congo stole the fiber?
The $50bil in the infrastructure bill isn't a waste- It's a payoff.
Pretty much like the rest of the bill.

Posted by ed in texas 2021-09-20 16:32|| 2021-09-20 16:32|| Front Page Top

#6 These people ever heard of Rain Fade?

Posted by Chealing Chomotle4158 2021-09-20 18:53|| 2021-09-20 18:53|| Front Page Top

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