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Hams Complain about Powerline Broadband

Posted by michael on from the tinfoil-hats dept.

dwm writes "Think broadband over power lines (BPL) would be wonderful? There might be some collateral damage. The American Radio Relay League (your friendly neighborhood ham radio operators) have documented dramatic HF radio interference in areas where BPL is being tested (Check out the video of actual interference)."

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  1. but wouldn't it be funny if by aaky · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the radio interference caught all the porn that kids were downloading. Diane Rehm never sounded so sexy!!

  2. Re:Yoshi teh slut by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You dumb troll! I actually LIKE the Yoshi girl!

    The others, however, have got to go.

  3. Re:Ham radio users by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ok, so it's good for camping, but what if you decide to go caving? (Not that a cell phone helps there, either.)

  4. Re:Onward /. ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I dunno about you, but I'd rather look at goatse for the REST OF ETERNITY, than see ONE MORE Windoze Server 2003 ad
    Um, dude. I like linux and all -- but I'll take the windows server 2003 ad one more time, thank you very much.
  5. Re:Onward /. ! by bersl2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nah, I actually kind of laughed at the goatse guy. I mean, it's disgusting, and I don't like it, but it sure beats some of the other disgusting stuff out there, like in this troll's post. It's the one below the goatse.cx link.

    So, in conclusion: