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Can You Get Fiber-Speed Internet Through a Laser? | #WhatTheFuture
CNETยท 2025-09-03 23:31
What we came here to see is this this little white terminal up here about the size of a stoplight. This is sending internet through a laser, which sounds pretty sci-fi, but that is what's happening. It connects on one end to a fiber network and then up to 20 km away, it can beam the internet through this light beam that it's about the size of a chopstick and it can send internet as fast as 20 gigabits per second.That's about 70 times faster than the average US household gets. It could significantly lower co ...