Li-Fi: 100 times faster than Wi-Fi

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34942685

Pretty exciting stuff.

Nothing to add, just 👆

Sounds cool, but according to my friend who is big into this kind of stuff..this kind of internet would be very expensive.

A similar technology, done with lasers, has the same bandwidth: 1 Gbps:

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/128207-1gbps-wireless-network-made-with-red-and-green-laser-pointers

Nerd rage moment: I should note that in that article, the author uses the wrong word for how they combined the two data streams. It would be diplexing, not multiplexing, that combines two data streams into one. Multiplexing is for 3 or more data streams.

Likely, future communication technologies will work with a combination of all of the new cheap ideas. I suspect that huge data backbones; such as communication between universities, research centers, and government facilities; will use powerful lasers, via line of site, to transmit huge amounts of data. They've already done this and the data transfer rate for this humongous streams is in the terabits per second range.

I can see the visible light technology being deployed in the last 25 meters of a data network. Seems to be a very inexpensive place that would realize the highest utility.

Really, though...I suspect that fiber optics will reign supreme. As we mature quantum data technologies, I think fiber optics will be the primary transmission medium for data.

meh. They will still cut the speed rate cause of the Commie Socialist Industries that feel we can't have these high speeds versus the 3rd world crap holes cause They Hate Murica!!

When can we buy

Originally posted by Flyattractor
[b]meh. They will still cut the speed rate cause of the Commie Socialist Industries that feel we can't have these high speeds versus the 3rd world crap holes cause They Hate Murica!! [/B]

Originally posted by Adam Grimes
Keep chasing those windmills, sport.

Then explain why the U.S generally has slower net speeds vs. other less developed countries.

I know the answer but look forward to seeing your spin on it.

More wave-lengths equals more information?! No way!

Originally posted by Astner
More wave-lengths equals more information?! No way!