TY - JOUR T1 - Advantages of high-speed technique for quantum key distribution; reply to quant-ph/0407050 Y1 - 2004 A1 - J. C. Bienfang A1 - Charles W. Clark A1 - Carl J. Williams A1 - E. W. Hagley A1 - Jesse Wen AB - We respond to a comment on our high-speed technique for the implementation of free-space quantum key distribution (QKD). The model used in the comment assigns inappropriately high link losses to the technique in question. We show that the use of reasonable loss parameters in the model invalidates the comment's main conclusion and highlights the benefits of increased transmission rates. UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0407139v1 ER -