[hackerspaces] spread spectrum para-Internet?

[The Doctor]

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On 02/16/2012 11:33 AM, Chris Weiss wrote:
> don't LED's, especially high power ones, have a fading on/off
> behavior that would not be good for switching data?  fiberoptic
> uses lasers

If I recall correctly, it depends on the LED.  Some are designed for
that kind of use case (ours were, I'm pretty sure).

> right?

Laser diodes, when last I read.

> what about using 2 or more lasers offset in a LVDS type scheme to 
> combat interference from rain and smog in the same way ethernet
> does for electromagnetics?

Not my field.  Anybody on the 'list know, and are in a position to
talk about it?

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