Lasers enable internet backbone via satellite
Using lasers, scientists have transmitted several terabits of data per second, despite a huge amount of disruptive air turbulence, between the Jungfraujoch mountain peak and the Swiss capital, Bern. This will soon eliminate the need for expensive deep-sea cables, researchers from Swiss federal technology institute ETH Zurich said in a statement on Tuesday. The backbone of the internet is formed by a dense network of fibre-optic cables, each of which transports up to more than 100 terabits of... Читать дальше...