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Technology Stocks : Broadband Wireless Access [WCII, NXLK, WCOM, satellite..]
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To: MangoBoy who wrote (488)7/15/1999 12:55:00 AM
From: SteveG  Read Replies (1) of 1860
 
A close competitor to the Lucent system is a company called Astroterra ( astroterra.com ) in San Diego, who demonstrated a 2.5 Gbps optical wireless link at 1.5 miles with Lucent last December. (Maybe LU is OEMing the tech from AstroTerra.) In any case, it seems that a range of these type of free-space optical products have been available for some time, with Lucent's angle seeming to be in using multiple wavelengths (with weather being the main impediment). I don't know if the "unlicensed" aspect of the spectrum could lead to unregulated interference. In free space it's purportedly analogous to adding radio frequencies to a microwave link. It'll be interesting to hear more about this, though LU's *single* wavelength product won't be out until next year.
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