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Curious - A question for the techies amongst you?

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  • 17-09-2005 5:44pm
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    Neuro
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    Has anyone else noticed that 'Laser-Bit' device on the Headford Road side of the AXA Insurance building in Woodquay? It's about two storeys up. It looks like a CCTV camera only it's horizontal and is aimed directly at a similar device mounted on the wall of the house adjacent to City Car Wash, a distance of about fifty metres.

    It's some sort of laser network bridge device, but why use such an expensive technology when wireless/broadband could have just as easily been used? What company/organisation is in that house next to the City Car Wash anyway?


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    tman
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    lay off the sauce, bro.


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    Sponge Bob
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    Security much better
    Bandwidth higher
    Licence not required


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    po0k
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    Neuro wrote:
    Has anyone else noticed that 'Laser-Bit' device on the Headford Road side of the AXA Insurance building in Woodquay? It's about two storeys up. It looks like a CCTV camera only it's horizontal and is aimed directly at a similar device mounted on the wall of the house adjacent to City Car Wash, a distance of about fifty metres.

    It's some sort of laser network bridge device, but why use such an expensive technology when wireless/broadband could have just as easily been used? What company/organisation is in that house next to the City Car Wash anyway?


    Yeah, it's a laser-ethernet bridge. They're actually not that expensive really, and certainly more secure than using a WiFi bridge as it's a very tightly focused point-to-point beam. Certainly alot cheaper than running any sort of cable across a street, and probably on-par with a wireless setup, considering the security factor.


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