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froh 84 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Alphabet spins out Taara – Internet over lasers

I certainly am missing the point --- targeting internet with electromagnetic waves isn't exactly new technology?

https://www.dfmg.de/en/our-benefits/radio-relay-links.html https://www.dfmg.de/de/unsere-leistungen/richtfunkanbindunge...

so now instead of electromagnetic waves it's light?

what am I missing?

boxed 84 days ago | [–]

Different frequencies I gathered? Lasers are more like lines than radio that is more like waves on a pond.

thehappypm 84 days ago | [–]

Lasers need line of sight.

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