Taara Beam provides 25Gbps connectivity over invisible beams of light
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Taara Beam, a new light-based internet solution from Alphabet's spin-off, offers 25Gbps connectivity in cities using invisible light beams. It's designed for urban deployment on poles and rooftops, providing high-speed internet comparable to fiber.
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Light-based internet provider Taara, which spun out of Alphabet's "moonshot" incubator last year, just launched Taara Beam to provide 25Gbps connectivity within cities over invisible beams of light - line of sight permitting.
Unlike last year's Taara Lightbridge, which connects communities separated by water and mountains at distances up to 20km (over 12 miles), the shoebox-sized Beam can be mounted to street poles and roof tops for city-wide connectivity at distances up to 10km. The 8kg (less than 20 pounds) device typically consumes about 90W.
Taara's big advantage is speed. It rivals fiber in terms of throughput and can also be deploye …