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Internet via the Power Grid, Again

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the plug-in-drop-out dept.

Damon Campagna writes "This NYT article, Internet via the Power Grid: New Interest in Obvious Idea says the FCC is looking into power-line networking again. I thought this was pretty much debunked a couple years ago?"

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  1. They've got it backwards by wcbarksdale · · Score: 5, Funny

    The real future is in distribution of electricity over IP.

    1. Re:They've got it backwards by cK-Gunslinger · · Score: 2, Funny

      Favorite line:
      9. Security Considerations

      This document MUST be secured in a locked cabinet to prevent it from being disposed off with the trash.
  2. The History of Power Grid Internet. by jetkust · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought this was pretty much debunked a couple years ago?

    ...And a year ago...And 6 months ago...And a month ago...And a week ago...And two days ago...

  3. how to play casino-NASDAQ by muyuubyou · · Score: 4, Funny

    0 A = SomeElectrical.stockShares(); 1 A.Buy();

    2 echo("we can use the electrical grid to carry data at speeds faster than we've ever seen");

    3 A.Sell();

    4 Debunk(2);

    5 GOTO 1;

  4. Prior art? by AccUser · · Score: 5, Funny

    Using the power grid for internet access is a great idea, provided that they don't later claim prior art on the use of sockets.

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    Any fool can talk, but it takes a wise man to listen.

  5. Huh. by Geekenstein · · Score: 5, Funny

    So the next time I shock myself, I might get some pr0n too?

    With my luck, my hair will probably just stand up in the form of an x10 popup ad....sigh.

  6. Re:Great.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    They would be X110 ads.

  7. Re:no registration by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    And when NYT finally pull this because all the /.'ers aren't registering?

    Typical whiny Linux fetishists. All this talk of free software is the usual warez behaviour dressed up in fake morals.....

  8. Re:Redundant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    15 KM, not 100 KM or 200 KM, but 15KM and nothing has changed in five years!!!!
    Well, yeah - continental drift's much slower than 15km in 5 years.
  9. Has interesting anti-spam potential. by djh101010 · · Score: 4, Funny

    At last - a way to get back at spammers. Read the headers, do some digging, and WHAM - 14,000 volts right to 'em.

  10. Really redundant by GQuon · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess it really depends on where you live, but at least in my neighborhood, power is interrupted much more often than either cable or phone.
    So then you have to go online and watch TV in the dark. Much as how they did before electric power was invented.

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    Irene KHAAAAAAN!
  11. Re:and it will never work by Globe199 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sure it's trivial to incorporate rectifiers into new devices but do you want to be the guy from the electricity company having to tell people that they now have to replace their $5000 amp?

    If you can afford a $5000 amp, you can afford another one.

    Globe199

  12. Re:Redundant by Grotus · · Score: 2, Funny

    True, but how much surfing can you do without power anyway?

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    "From my cold, dead hands you damn, dirty apes!" - CH