Seems like if the beam is literally “pencil thin”, even a bird (or a drone)
flying through the path would interrupt it. Or would the bird be incinerated?
If you looked at it, would you be blinded?
Since this is terrestrial, only very low clouds would be a problem, but what
about rain? Fog? Heat distortion?
From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Bill Prince
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2025 1:15 PM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 20 Gbps 20 km with lasers
Brings another dimension to the concept of "in the cloud".
bp
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On 3/17/2025 10:25 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/alphabet-spins-off-laser-based-internet-backbone-provider-taara/
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