I'd guess that it's going to be affected at least as badly as millimeter
wave radios are by rain, and probably worse by fog.
Unless it is powerful enough to incinerate passing objects, in which case,
I want one.
On Mon, Mar 17, 2025, 1:44 PM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote:
> 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?
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> Since this is terrestrial, only very low clouds would be a problem, but
> what about rain? Fog? Heat distortion?
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> *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
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> Brings another dimension to the concept of "in the cloud".
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> bp
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> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
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> On 3/17/2025 10:25 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
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> https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/alphabet-spins-off-laser-based-internet-backbone-provider-taara/
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