🚀 Taara's Laser Internet: Faster and Cheaper than Starlink and Fiber * Promises 10-100x faster than Starlink, at lower cost than fiber * "Lightbridge" devices transmit data up to 20km at 20Gbps
🔍 How it Works * Uses focused light beams, not cables or satellites * Mounted on rooftops/poles, no ground digging required * Ideal for challenging environments like rivers, valleys, remote areas
🔍 Origins and Deployments * Spun off from Alphabet's Project Loon balloon internet * Quietly deployed in test markets like Kinshasa, Nairobi, Coachella
đź”® Future Plans * 2026: Miniaturized "chip" version to simplify installation, reduce costs * Aims to bridge digital divide for 3 billion without reliable internet
🤖 Starlink Comparison * Targets specific locations, not global satellite coverage like Starlink * Spun off from Alphabet to scale faster with investments and partnerships
🚀 Taara's Laser Internet: Faster and Cheaper than Starlink and Fiber * Promises 10-100x faster than Starlink, at lower cost than fiber * "Lightbridge" devices transmit data up to 20km at 20Gbps
🔍 How it Works * Uses focused light beams, not cables or satellites * Mounted on rooftops/poles, no ground digging required * Ideal for challenging environments like rivers, valleys, remote areas
🔍 Origins and Deployments * Spun off from Alphabet's Project Loon balloon internet * Quietly deployed in test markets like Kinshasa, Nairobi, Coachella
đź”® Future Plans * 2026: Miniaturized "chip" version to simplify installation, reduce costs * Aims to bridge digital divide for 3 billion without reliable internet
🤖 Starlink Comparison * Targets specific locations, not global satellite coverage like Starlink * Spun off from Alphabet to scale faster with investments and partnerships
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In general, many financial experts support their clients’ desire to buy cryptocurrency, but they don’t recommend it unless clients express interest. “The biggest concern for us is if someone wants to invest in crypto and the investment they choose doesn’t do well, and then all of a sudden they can’t send their kids to college,” says Ian Harvey, a certified financial planner (CFP) in New York City. “Then it wasn’t worth the risk.” The speculative nature of cryptocurrency leads some planners to recommend it for clients’ “side” investments. “Some call it a Vegas account,” says Scott Hammel, a CFP in Dallas. “Let’s keep this away from our real long-term perspective, make sure it doesn’t become too large a portion of your portfolio.” In a very real sense, Bitcoin is like a single stock, and advisors wouldn’t recommend putting a sizable part of your portfolio into any one company. At most, planners suggest putting no more than 1% to 10% into Bitcoin if you’re passionate about it. “If it was one stock, you would never allocate any significant portion of your portfolio to it,” Hammel says.
NEWS: Telegram supports Facetime video calls NOW!
Secure video calling is in high demand. As an alternative to Zoom, many people are using end-to-end encrypted apps such as WhatsApp, FaceTime or Signal to speak to friends and family face-to-face since coronavirus lockdowns started to take place across the world. There’s another option—secure communications app Telegram just added video calling to its feature set, available on both iOS and Android. The new feature is also super secure—like Signal and WhatsApp and unlike Zoom (yet), video calls will be end-to-end encrypted.
