Tara project

As a new way of providing internet, data has been successfully transmitted across the Congo River through the airwaves.

Congo

This means that citizens of Brazzaville and Kansas will be able to access cheap high-speed broadband Internet.

Project Tara Alphabet X (formerly Google X) is an ambitious plan.

The scheme was developed after the completion of a project called Project Loon.

The project used balloons to provide Internet access in the stratosphere, where temperatures do not drop with altitude.

The latest experiment is meant to “fill in the gaps between the Republic of Congo’s Brazzaville and the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kansas,” the group wrote in a blog post.

Although the two cities are only three miles apart, traditionally connected by wire, the river has to be diverted from there.

That would make broadband internet charges five times more expensive in the region.

According to the group in Alphabet X, the Wireless Optical Communication (WOC) system provided 700 terabytes of data in 20 days with 99.9 percent availability.

He wrote in his blog, “Although we do not expect full reliability of weather and conditions in the future, we are confident that Tara’s network will do the same and bring 17 million people living in those cities to high-speed and affordable connectivity.”

High speed internet through the air

This is the latest iteration of the project, which has been under development for three years.

Alphabet X is working with Econnect Group and Liquid Telecom to bring high-speed Internet to sub-Saharan Africa.

He has already started commercial service in Kenya.

How does this technology work?

The system uses very thin and invisible beams of light to send high speeds.

It is used in the same way as traditional wires for data transmission.

This technology is known as free space optical communication.

The technology was developed by a group that used a laser beam of light between balloons in Project Loom, which was shut down by Alphabet last February after seeing no commercial success.

The technology is incomplete, and the group admits it lacks complete reliability.

He says it may not work reliably in challenging situations such as clouds or fog and birds flying in front of the lighthouse.

High speed internet through the air

But it has been improved by adjusting the level of laser power. It works somewhat like a telescope.

Depending on the size of the mirror, the light, the software, and the hardware.

The group has also sought ways to reduce the disruption caused by flying birds by disrupting the network.

“The WOC may never be suitable for a foggy or humid place like San Francisco, but there are many areas in the world where the weather is perfect for Tara,” the blog said.

 

The technology was also tested in Kenya, India, the United States and Mexico.

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