This paper intends to answer the question how to achieve wireless data rates that can catch up with current Internet speed, from a basic physics point of view. It is shown that the traditional electric circuit theory and design methodology that have been used for generations are unfortunately not adequate for wireless communications in the future. Instead, disruptive approaches, such as six-port modulators for processing of electromagnetic waves and optical pulses, should be employed to push up the wireless data rate above 100 Gb/s. The key variables to consider for high-speed digital communications are bandwidth, modulation order, and signal-to-noise ratio. In principle, it should be possible to achieve a wireless data rate at 100 Gb/s within the frequency spectrum below 20 GHz.INDEX TERMS Circuits and systems, communication technology, direct optical-to-wireless data conversion, full wave approach, high modulation order, internet speed, parallel processing, six-port modulator, wireless communication, wireless data rate.