Netflix movie available for 2 days!!! Hummingbird Project

[jim bell]

On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 11:39 PM, grarpamp

<grarpamp at gmail.com> wrote:   It could be faster if they just went RF.

But since you don't have a patent on that,
but you could, your next bet is to hit up all
the HFT firms, international finance, etc.
I'll take 5% for the nudge ;)_-------------------------------
Jim Bell's comment:
In the movie, they were beat by exactly that: microwave towers.  Ordinary quartz fibers have an index of refraction of about 1.42 at 1550 nanometer wavelength.My isotope-modified fibers should have an index of refraction 5.6% smaller, so the signal should go 5.6% faster.However, Starlink's system may beat both these systems, as it is low-earth-orbit.The 'horizon' of a satellite with an altitude of about 1 million feet (200 miles) is about 1230 miles.So, it is conceivable that such a satellite could be (temporarily) positioned between Kansas City and New York City to allow faster connection.  Alternatively, if Starlink's satellites had satellire-to-satellite communication, such connections might be more regular and not discontinuous.
  
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