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- inactive, on 11/21/2008, -0/+9but wait...radio waves are already light...
- AlaskaLoneWolf, on 11/20/2008, -4/+12First there was sci-fi, then wi-fi, now optical-hi-fi.
- AOmega, on 11/21/2008, -0/+6I can't really hear a difference between them, so I think you'll be waiting a loooong time for that phone call.
- zoydberg, on 11/21/2008, -1/+6ride the walrus
- krnldmp, on 11/21/2008, -0/+4Right, which gives you a good idea of how pervasive this "technology" is bound to become. I remember 20 years ago when audiophiles were complaining about 16bit/44.1kHz as the CD standard. Funny thing, we've pretty much gone backward since then.
- postitnote, on 11/21/2008, -0/+3Audiophiles are also willing to buy a $500 wooden volume knob which claims to make the music sound better.
- steger, on 11/21/2008, -0/+3I'll believe it when I can buy it on newegg.
- krnldmp, on 11/21/2008, -1/+3Big deal. Give me a call when 24bit/96kHz audio is the consumer standard.
- eviljolly, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2If only their servers had this kind of bandwidth.... (link is down for me)
- DamnMan, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2Anyone else think of that bad Kristen Bell sci-fi flick?
- Jack8274, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2My walrus goes coo coo cah choo.... SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI!
- ketemphor, on 11/21/2008, -0/+2Look, man. Wooden knobs definitely improve sound quality over the awful harshness of metal knobs or the static quality one gets from cheap plastic ones. Wood just gives the sound a more organic, warmer feel to it. If you really want the best though, you need to get hand-grown, organic, Ethiopian acacia knobs, which has far and away the best sound-feel I've ever heard in a knob!
- SadMartigan, on 11/25/2008, -0/+1That's what I meant by "from the jargon," and I also thought you meant more than just the name they came up with.
Now I know what you meant.
Thanks for putting me straight. - trix911, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1cool!
- pbajwabb, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1Dugg for star trek looking guy in pic
- pinchduck, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1solyent green is people...
- sorenchr, on 11/21/2008, -1/+2"hybrid optical/ultra-wideband-radio systems"
My kids are gonna have a rough time growing up if they wanna keep up with the fads. - anonydigg, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1I don't get what this article is about. We already have 10GE optical.
- majordanger, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1So the best of both worlds ... FCC regulations of the airwaves AND holes in the walls for the optical cables.
- SadMartigan, on 11/25/2008, -0/+1Was it rough for us to go from 2G cellphones to 3G cellphones?
Aside from the jargon, the technology is pretty much the same idea:
An antenna on one end picks up a call or a data connection (wirelessly) and sends it on its way over optical fibre (laser light beam).
This year's phones and computers do it faster than prior year's phones.
Future devices will keep on making it cheaper to send more data faster.
Given the right frequency band licensing, they will also be able to improve the geographical areas that will have coverage by these faster wireless speeds.
Optical won't hardly have to change to keep up, but the hardware should (should) keep on getting more affordable for the providers.
It makes sense that a goal should be to have broadband be so cheap and easy to provide, over such wide areas and large populations, that it can become like any other utility where consumers have no problem paying for it like a utility. You just get charged for what you use, and high volume users actually get better deals, on a cost-per-gigabyte metering scale. - ghuytro, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1Prot
- SorrelSoldier, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1Yeah, and they've been doing terabit+ using fiber on the fringes using dense wave multiplexing! What IS this about??
- sorenchr, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1Im guessing you didn't get my point. I was trying to emphasize the long name of the system.
- EvilPizza22, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1I am the walrus.
Koo koo kachoo. - leapingstan, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1Dugg for Israel.
- SkinnyPuppy, on 11/21/2008, -0/+1I dugg you up for the (when they were good) Metallica reference.
- KingGorilla, on 11/21/2008, -3/+3ride the snake
with Jimmy Tango - X3N3TIX, on 11/21/2008, -0/+0Yeah as soon as I read the title I thought of "Pulse" hah, the second movie looked like it came from the '90s.
Hopefully this technology comes soon as the consumer standard, only I hope no viruses/ghosts come into play :S. - STurner, on 11/21/2008, -0/+0Agreed. So to outdo this article, all you have to do is hook a wireless router (and a few other key devices since they're also talking about sending bluetooth signals over the fiber) to a fiber link.
What I'd like to see is more done with Free Space Optics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Space_Optics - ZephyrNinety, on 11/21/2008, -4/+4Porn.
- inactive, on 11/21/2008, -1/+0one step closer to just getting rid of cables alltogether. no more connections ever, just sync up and secure. done. only cable to ever plug in is the 120v outlet. they way it should be.
- kplo, on 04/01/2009, -6/+4ride the lightning!
- jimmytwotoes, on 11/21/2008, -4/+0That's what she said
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