Aren't airplanes allergic to lasers?
On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
> It would make more sense if the lasers are between balloons/drones, not
> to earth stations (and certainly not to end users).
>
> One would also think if communications drones are the next big thing, they
> would go the way of communications towers and even satellites. Where one
> company owns them, and then rents out space. Remember when 5 cellular
> companies would all build their own towers right next to each other?
>
> On the other hand, this might conflict with the idea of doing it on the
> cheap and basically giving away Internet to get eyeballs.
>
>
> *From:* Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 02, 2015 10:55 AM
> *To:* af@afmug.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] worthless Zuckerberg post about lasers from the sky
>
>
> There is no fog where they will be deploying this wonderful service.
>
> Josh Luthman
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> On Jul 2, 2015 11:52 AM, "Bill Prince" <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> How is that different from FSO? FSO has always had problems with anything
>> beyond a 1/4 mile or so. Fog is not friendly to light.
>>
>> bp
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>>
>> On 7/2/2015 8:47 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>>
>> It says nothing and has some stock photos of lasers. But 132,000+
>> already like it. And the news aggregators are picking it up.
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10102217102231151
>>
>> Sounds like a TED talk. How to get Internet to the whole world. Get a
>> bunch of money, hire some really smart people, and tell them to launch
>> balloons with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads. Enjoy.
>>
>>
>>
