Laser Internet

[DoctorP]

Need I say more?

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021...h-99-9-uptime/

Google's parent company, Alphabet, is still experimenting with hooking up remote towns to the Internet via frickin' laser beams. Today, Alphabet's moonshot "X Lab" shared an update on Project Taara, its experimental point-to-point optical communication system, often described as "fiber optics without the fiber." The company built a working installation in Africa and has been blasting a 20Gbps link about 5 km across the Congo River to a town of millions of people, lowering the cost of Internet access for them.

[j3lademaster]

Cox and Comcast gonna lobby hard to shut them down again, just like Google Fiber.

[DoctorP]

Cox and Comcast gonna lobby hard to shut them down again, just like Google Fiber.

that's cray. these are good for having internet in the middle of nowhere

[SATAN]

Google as an internet service provider. What could go wrong?

[j3lademaster]

Google as an internet service provider. What could go wrong?

after suffering Cox and Comcast, I’ll take my chances.

[BurningHammer]

that's cray. these are good for having internet in the middle of nowhere

It would be great for emergency tracking for those losing in the middle of forest or desert.

Also, imagine how fun to troll on ISH in the middle of nowhere?

[SATAN]

after suffering Cox and Comcast, I’ll take my chances.

Alphabet/Google's smart city plans should be of huge concern.