Alphabet wants to deliver Internet access via laser beams

Re:Alphabet wants to deliver Internet access via laser beams by jpm_sd on Friday December 15, 2017 @12:44PM (#15933528)

In the past it has been proposed that a dense mesh network of FSO links could deal with interfering weather by dynamically routing around it. But that's a lot of lasers on a lot of moutain tops.

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Re:Alphabet wants to deliver Internet access via laser beams by libraryatnight on Friday December 15, 2017 @12:54PM (#15933610)

I just had this vision of aliens finding us and thinking in their own way "they have some sort of laser mesh defense system..."

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Re:Alphabet wants to deliver Internet access via laser beams by ASalazarMX on Friday December 15, 2017 @01:30PM (#15933912)

"Lasers can't even penetrate our navigation shields. Don't they know that?"

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Re:Alphabet wants to deliver Internet access via laser beams by foxyv on Monday December 18, 2017 @01:58PM (#15954266)

Errr... I guess go to yellow alert?

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Re:Alphabet wants to deliver Internet access via laser beams by hbk1966 on Friday December 15, 2017 @01:10PM (#15933751)

We probably could install the on top of cell towers.

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