PopBobert@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoLight-based “LiFi” is stunningly fast, notably fragile—and now standardizedarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarethevoyage@no.lastname.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI don’t really see the advantage over a fibre connection myself.
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoNo wires for line of site. No digging, no runs, no fragile expensive tips, etc. That is if and when it stabilizes as a medium.
minus-squarethevoyage@no.lastname.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYou then have a communication system that can be shut down by fog or heavy rain though. It’s slightly less stupid in interior applications, but data centre applications will almost always be better suited to wired.
I don’t really see the advantage over a fibre connection myself.
No wires for line of site. No digging, no runs, no fragile expensive tips, etc. That is if and when it stabilizes as a medium.
You then have a communication system that can be shut down by fog or heavy rain though.
It’s slightly less stupid in interior applications, but data centre applications will almost always be better suited to wired.