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| 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 |
| 2021-09-20 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 These people ever heard of Rain Fade? |
| Posted by: Chealing Chomotle4158 2021-09-20 18:53 |
| #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 |
| #4 Curious as to how this compares to an microwave link. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2021-09-20 15:01 |
| #3 Back in 1991, our campus had fiber between each building. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2021-09-20 14:08 |
| #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 |
| #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 |