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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's your
Internet network?! An innovative service provider of metro gigabit
IP connectivity, has developed a point-to-multipoint solution
to solve the Internet last-mile bottleneck barrier. Terabeam,
of Seattle, Washington, has developed a Fiberless OpticalTM
Network that transmits broadband data from office buildings to
the nation's wide-area networks (WANs), without digging up the
streets.
A key component
of Terabeam's Fiberless Network is Large Aperture Holographic
Optic technology, developed by Ralcon Development Lab, of Paradise,
Utah. Ralcon developed the Holographic Optical Element (HOE)
technology with assistance from a NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract. Terabeam
further developed the HOE technology and incorporated it into
its Fiberless Optical Network--sending an immeasurable amount
of information soaring overhead.
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| Terabeam's
Fiberless Optical™ Network transmits
broadband data from office buildings to the nation's wide-area
networks (WANs) through the air. |
Data
on the Internet is sent at rapid speeds over thousands of miles
on long-haul networks before reaching its final destination.
When the data reaches its urban termination point, it must pass
through a final mile to reach the customer site. The track that
carries the data over this last leg of its journey is usually
composed of copper and is low in bandwidth, resulting in an information
back-up, or last-mile bottleneck. Efforts to solve this problem
use existing fiber-optic cable leads. However, installing new
or additional fiber-optic leads would require costly construction
permits, street trenching and traffic disruption.
To combat this
problem, Terabeam developed its Fiberless Optical Network using
a proprietary HOE to transmit data. The unit is mounted near
an office window and has the ability to beam safe, low-power,
invisible data through the air at gigabits-per-second speeds
to anywhere in the service area. Gigabits-per-second speeds are
thousands of times faster than the speeds of current broadband
transmissions. This allows businesses to connect to local-area
networks (LANs) as well as WANs, in a quick and affordable manner.
The Fiberless Optical Network is cost effective because it does
not require a licensed spectrum, or any of the other costly and
time consuming procedures associated with other network set-ups,
such as laying fiber-optic cable and prolonged deployment time.
It is projected
that the broadband Internet access market will be $33 billion
by 2003. Realizing the potential of Terabeam's technology, Lucent
Technologies joined forces with Terabeam to develop and deploy
this revolutionary system. Periodically, technology is developed
that has the power to significantly change the landscape, said
Rich McGinn, chairman and CEO, Lucent Technologies. He added,
Terabeam's Fiberless Optical Network system is such a disruptive
technology. We are pleased to be working with Terabeam to help
them bring their gigabit-speed Internet access to customers.
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The system unit is easily mounted near an office
window and has the ability to beam safe, low-power, invisible
data to anywhere in the service area at astonishingly fast
gigabits-per-second speeds. |
One investment
company chose Terabeam's connectivity network because they needed
to move large data files between their West Coast locations.
Terabeam's network provided their business with high-speed data
access that was installed in a matter of weeks, instead of months.
In an effort to maintain the highest quality service, the Four
Seasons Olympic Hotel, Seattle, Washington, chose to provide
guests with this cutting edge network to allow them to connect
to their offices or the Internet at speeds 2,000 times faster
than the typical hotel dial-up connections. Terabeam has provided
its Fiberless Optical Network service to a variety of businesses
and plans to continue its efforts to revolutionize the broadband
service industry.
Fiberless Optical™ Network
is a trademark of Terabeam.
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