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Scientists Test World's Fastest Wireless Network
MojoKid writes "Scientists in Pisa, Italy claim to have set
a new world record for the fastest wireless data transmission. They report
that they were able to achieve throughput speeds above 1.2 Terabits per second, which they say beats the previous wireless data transmission speed record of 160 Gigabits per second, achieved by Korean scientists. The technology that the Pisa scientists utilized actually shares a significant similarity with fiber optics. Unlike Wi-Fi or microwave communications, which use radio-based transmissions, the Pisa scientists used a technology called free-space optical communications. In free space optics, an energy beam is collimated and transmitted through space rather than being guided through an optical cable."
I disagree. Many of their innovations look impressive, but upon examination, the underlying science, the "foundation", if you will, is weak, requiring extensive engineering after the fact to try to keep it stable.
I prefer rogues to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest.
Another way to look at that is 6/10ths of a Comcast Monthly Cap per second.
There are two kinds of people: 1) those who start arrays with one and 1) those who start them with zero.
Of course, packetloss due to geese...
And depending on the power of the laser, there's the inevitable worry of gooseloss due to packets.