Free space optics
- Article 19 of 25
- Infoconomist, June 2002
Free space optics offers the speed and bandwidth of fibre-optics but without the restrictions posed by the fibres
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Strategis Group analyst James Mendelson predicts the market will grow to $2 billion (€2.2bn) in global equipment revenues between now and 2006. But Giga Group analyst Jim Slaby is less bullish, suggesting that FSO is only of real interest to companies that need the speed of fibre, cannot get it and have few alternatives. ”They are doing it because they just don't have many choices,“ he adds. FSO has many advantages. But it may ultimately remain a niche solution to the 'last mile' problem.
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