In the ItsYourNet conference call Thursday evening, Ken Stewart, CEO of ItsYourNet, LLC, shared a bit of information that was quite interesting to me. Apparently the backers of the this US Wireless Internet company that will be launching with new technology in the near future, have been purchasing what is called Dark Fiber for some time in preparation for use in delivering the Internet through this new wireless technology.
What is dark fiber you may ask? It is fiber optic cable that was installed during the Dot Com explosion that ended up not being used and was easy to purchase for pennies on the dollar. Essentially “dark fiber” is fiber optic cable that is not lit up. So if you were wondering if they would have the fiber optic cable at their disposal to deliver on their promise of wireless internet as described in my previous blogs, now you know.
Essentially this new technology will connect to the Internet system through fiber optic cable and then transmit the signal via the airwaves to your computer. What this means is that there is no bottleneck for the bandwidth. The air does not restrict the bandwidth like phone or cable lines so there will be no degradation of signal regardless of how many users are on line. That is a big relief for those of us that are stuck in rural areas on extremely slow DSL (300 plus or minus kbs) or those that are still on dialup.
So get ready for a revolution in the communications industry. Thankfully these signals will be able to penetrate buildings and even into the ground, quite unlike WiMax which is much more restricted.
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