Slightly faster wireless is on the way ...

3 Gbps - yes Three Giga bits per second

It operates in the THz band ...

http://digital-library.theiet.org/getabs/servlet/Get...

Edited by MHC (Wed 16-May-12 09:59:57)

Range 10m, i.e. same room only, since walls are likely to block it

A simple factor of increasing the frequency

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Range 10m, i.e. same room only, since walls are likely to block it

A simple factor of increasing the frequency

A minor problem !

I wonder what power levels that will be deemed safe though?

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Range 10m, i.e. same room only, since walls are likely to block it

It's approaching the far infrared, so blocking by solid objects is a dead cert.

OTOH, parabolic dishes are quite reasonably sized at those wavelengths (< 1mm) and should considerably increase the range for point-to-point applications- could be quite useful to get the internet down to your garden shed

mmm...

Look at the proposed technology.

Tunnel Diodes (semiconductor devices with a negative resistance characteristic that can amplify) were supposed to be the saviour of the World 30-years ago; the next best thing to sliced bread!

So, why are we still eating sliced bread?

30 years ago, the power requirements and relative component size/count was a factor. However, given the frequencies concerned, I can see only very limited applications for this system.

In reply to a post by Deadbeat:

30 years ago, the power requirements and relative component size/count was a factor. However, given the frequencies concerned, I can see only very limited applications for this system.

30 years or so back, I tried to get a Tunnel Diode to amplify at 430MHz (high frequency in them days, but no more the case). Never got it to work, but the component count to do it was extremely low.

I am bemused that the majority of posts these days are all about their speed. Is this a male thing, like the size of their genitalia?

And before you ask, no I'm not!

In reply to a post by billford:

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

could be quite useful to get the internet down to your garden shed

...or the outdoor privy

In reply to a post by micksharpe:

...or the outdoor privy

I calculated/estimated that a 30cm dish could quite possibly give a range of 300 metres or more, I hope your privy is closer than that

In reply to a post by billford:

It's approaching the far infrared, so blocking by solid objects is a dead cert.

Infrared is what most people standing near a radiator would call "heat". So do you reckon I could use my central heating system to distribute the internet?

Edited by deleted (Thu 17-May-12 09:57:36)

It may be very useful for the emerging commercial space industry to be able to have stations with line of sight and opearting in vacuum to have that sort of speed avaliable to them.

Just because there isn't a domestic application doesn't mean it is useless.

In reply to a post by TheLastMan:

So do you reckon I could use my central heating system to distribute the internet?

I don't see why not... if you can find a way to switch it on and off 20 million times a second or so

In reply to a post by billford:

In reply to a post by TheLastMan:

So do you reckon I could use my central heating system to distribute the internet?

I don't see why not... if you can find a way to switch it on and off 20 million times a second or so

No, the pump speed is varied and possibly reversed so by slightly changes in pressure the modulation technique would be 16WAM and as new pumps became available 32WAM &c.

OK, something to work on then. My B&Q double panel with fins in the lounge should make a pretty cool, er, hot antenna. I might have to set the thermostatic valve to 7 if I am going to Torrent the boxed set of The Wire though...

By the way,

taurus excreta cerebrum vincit

That is "new-born brain bull wins" apparently.
Not quite as bad as 'People called Romanes they go the house"...

How about "Taurus stercore confundit cerebro"?

Edited by deleted (Thu 17-May-12 11:42:39)

A lot of the scorn arises from coverage talking about WiFi and use within the home, i.e. press is as much to blame as public discussion

In reply to a post by TheLastMan:

By the way,

taurus excreta cerebrum vincit

That is "new-born brain bull wins" apparently.
Not quite as bad as 'People called Romanes they go the house"...

How about "Taurus stercore confundit cerebro"?

Don't start that again!

If you knew the origin and where it came from and my connection then you would understand.

In reply to a post by Pipexer:

In reply to a post by TheLastMan:

By the way,

taurus excreta cerebrum vincit

That is "new-born brain bull wins" apparently.
Not quite as bad as 'People called Romanes they go the house"...

How about "Taurus stercore confundit cerebro"?

Don't start that again!

Ah... looks like there is some history here I was unaware of, my apologies.