 Wifiber Technology - New Wireless That Is Faster Than Fiber! |
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 Mar 21 2006, 11:12 AM
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Member [ Level 2 ]  Group: Members Posts: 53 Joined: 20-March 06 Member No.: 12,139  |
Notice from szupie:
QUOTE New wireless "WiFiber" tech faster than fiber?
Virginia startup GigaBeam set their sights high with their new wireless system: they're taking on fiber. They dub the tech "WiFiber," and are positioning the product as a replacement for fiber optic pipes in situations when they're too expensive, too harmful to the environment, or just too slow to deploy, and they're claiming one gigabit per second speeds to sweeten the deal. WiFiber operates in the 71-76, 81-86, and 92-95GHz frequencies to avoid interference and so that the signal is less impeded by light rain or fog than current high-speed wireless competitors. It also transmits in a tight beam to avoid overlap, but you still need a line of sight, so heavy rain can spoil your day. If conditions are right, though, GigaBeam's signal can make it for 10 miles, and is already shooting data from the Trump towers in NY and from a few other metro sites. Unfortunately, it's mainly for business links right now, since it's currently $30,000 for a set of radios (but that price should drop soon). |
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Mar 21 2006, 08:17 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 284 Joined: 2-June 05 From: Dorset, England Member No.: 5,730 |
is it really radio if it needs a line of sight. or is it some kind of laser/light signal transmitter?
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Mar 21 2006, 10:35 PM
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That really was a Hattori Honzo sword. Group: Members Posts: 473 Joined: 27-August 05 From: Texas, USA Member No.: 8,126 |
Wow. Just when I think I'm spoiled enough, people invent an even better way to get - and stay - online. Sweetnes!
Too bad I'll have graduated from this college before this new technology becomes popular and affordable enough for the university to bother with it. I could use a better signal here in my apartment. Heh. |
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Mar 21 2006, 11:38 PM
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Member - Active Contributor Group: Members Posts: 91 Joined: 21-March 06 Member No.: 12,156 |
QUOTE(shiv @ Mar 21 2006, 06:12 AM)  that's neat! I was on a plane last month talking to an engineer who worked in telecommunications. We discussed what could possibly be on the horizon for this field. He discussed incremental changes regarding fiber optic technology. Then we discussed how basically, wireless is the inevitable technology. Of course, there are problems with wireless like LoS. I'm wondering if they can use conceptually similar idea of the laser to lengthen/focus the wireless beam for great distances. Perhaps that is what they already did... |
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Feb 3 2007, 06:41 PM
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Member [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: 23-November 06 Member No.: 17,478 |
very cool, fiber optic on wireless is just what I need, if I had a server computer with a T1 internet connection that is. It's amazing how far we are advancing in the last few years.
To Organicbmx, I think you need a line of sight not because it uses laser, but because walls or anything in the way may interfere with the signal. Same thing with my broadband connection, I need line of sight, but it still uses radio signals. |
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Feb 4 2007, 11:07 AM
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Newbie [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 4-February 07 Member No.: 20,176 |
Hello, guys!
What a nice forum. |
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Dec 17 2007, 11:34 AM
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Newbie [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 0 Joined: 1-November 07 Member No.: 25,869 |
This isn't Faster than Fiber Optic. In fact its less than half the speed of fiber optic, its the speed of sound, Fiber optic is the Speed of Light.
-louis |
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Feb 15 2008, 05:06 AM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 15-February 08 Member No.: 28,427 |
Maybe its faster than our present wireless connection. I hope this technology will be available for personal use soon.
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Feb 15 2008, 05:34 AM
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Colonel Panic  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 2,724 Joined: 25-March 05 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 3,233 |
I don't see that technology going too far. Unless this technology is what ISPs are using to provide portable Internet.
xboxrulz |
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