250Mbps through your lights

[Newsfeed]

250Mbps through your lights

Signify has launched a new range of LiFi systems, dubbed Trulifi, which includes the “world’s fastest and most reliable LiFi systems commercially available”.

Instead of using radio signals, such as WiFi, 4G, or Bluetooth, Trulifi uses light waves to offer reliable and secure two-way wireless communications.

 

[quovadis]

My 2c - “Up to” and what everyone wants is another dongle.

 

[SauRoNZA]

My 2c - “Up to” and what everyone wants is another dongle.

And probably at five times the price where it makes no sense in the first place.

 

[daveza]

Load-shedding says no.

 

[Nobody Important]

And then what happens if you want to switch the lights off but still use the network? Have wifi as a backup? Then just rather stick to wifi in the first place.

 

[Genisys]

Load-shedding says no.

When last was there load shedding?

 

[deesef]

When last was there load shedding?

A while back. Now we are getting sub-station failures due to poor maintenance. Twice in 2 weeks in Pretoria, plus a few outages because of poor maintenance on the distribution network.

 

[quovadis]

And then what happens if you want to switch the lights off but still use the network? Have wifi as a backup? Then just rather stick to wifi in the first place.

It’s not using the lighting itself to transmit.

 

[Nobody Important]

It’s not using the lighting itself to transmit.

So then what is the point? Why not just use wifi?

 

[quovadis]

So then what is the point? Why not just use wifi?

Well the general use case is for environments sensitive to radio frequency interference.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

When last was there load shedding?

National load shedding or the local variant?

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

It’s not using the lighting itself to transmit.

No, but if the light is off, so is the power to the light off, if it did not need the light, it would have it's own power source, not?

 

[quovadis]

No, but if the light is off, so is the power to the light off, if it did not need the light, it would have it's own power source, not?

Just to point out the obvious that running a live cable to the same point isn’t rocket science.

 

[RedViking]

Wasn't this an April's Fools joke a year or two ago?

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Just to point out the obvious that running a live cable to the same point isn’t rocket science.

Nope, not rocket science, but in some instances very inconvenient, and others costly as well ... , hidden costs?

 

[Genisys]

National load shedding or the local variant?

Original post was mentioning Load Shedding in particular