The Quest For The Fastest Internet Could Be As Easy As Changing Your Light Bulbs

It’s called LI-Fi and transmits data up to 100 times faster than WI-FI.   First invented back in 2011, visible light communication or VLC delivers speeds of 224 gigabits per second, to get a grip on that number, WI-Fi can reach speeds about 600 megabits per second. And most households have 60 meg service. Using the flickering of the LED lights to transmit the information will help with the estimated global data usage, that is to exceed 24.3 exabytes by 2019. Is exabytes even a word?

Now the fact that it is light based it cannot travel through walls and that enhances security of local networks so overcoming moving from room to room will be the edge that is needed to successfully use this format.

As for using this in your home led light bulbs can easily be converted with a small microchip to your potential led device and then would illuminate and be a wireless data transmission in any room. Also don’t worry about the flickering of the led bulbs transmitting the data it is to fast for the eye to see.