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Originally Posted by Ray?
The visible horizon has always been about 25km ...
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Actually, no, when I'm at work it's about 200 nautical miles.
Don't get me wrong. Modulating optical frequencies to carry data has massive bandwidth potential, and could deliver the contents of the entire National library to your PC in scant seconds.
But what are *you* i.e your average Joe, ( or Joanne ) going to do with it?
Put your hand up for remote brain surgery?
As the great L. Toons luminary and B. Bunny side-kick once said: "not this little black duck"
P.S.
(big hint to the horizon problem...the distance depends on your altitude
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