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Build Your Own 10Mbit/sec Optical Data Link

Posted by timothy on from the neighbornet dept.

redcliffe writes: "This website has complete plans to build a 10 megabit per second optical data link that can work over up to 1 kilometre. It uses fairly cheap components, such as standard LED's instead of laser diodes. This also makes it a lot safer to work with, i.e. you won't burn your eyes out if you accidently look into it."

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  1. Ahem... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    that can work over up to 1 kilometre

    Way to go, "editors"!

  2. why not just ETHERNET? by perry · · Score: 0, Troll

    What's the point of all this? You can just run ethernet over fiber, and a lot longer distance than 1km. You can also get ethernet in a whole lot better than 10Mbps these days.

    The equipment is perfectly standard, and if you count your time, a whole lot cheaper.