Australian Researchers Push Near-Broadband IP Over VHF

Curmudgeon Rick writes "A research group at the Australian National University is getting symmetrical 250K bps at 20km, using "empty" 7MHz-wide broadcast TV allocations in the 45MHz band. Story here, project homepage here. Aim is to put some bandwidth out beyond the reach of the wires, where users are few and far between."

Comments

wow!

[Anonymous Coward]

So now even my TV can get b roadband!

Re:wow!

[Frymaster]

worse! now i'm getting someone's kazaa traffic on my braces!

Re:wow!

[sharkey]

So now even my TV can get b roadband!

B Roadband? Wasn't that a low-budget Patrick Swayze movie?

Cool and all

[mphase]

...but doesn't this just mean one lucky bastard in the boonies will be getting good speeds or 50 unlucky bastards getting crap speed?

Re:Cool and all

[tonyr60]

Building on our great pool of expertise developed from 802.11, I suspect that one bastard gets to communicate and 50 lucky bastards get to listen (or watch) in...

Re:Cool and all

[principio]

and we may be looking at the birth of the largest collision domain in the known universe

New slogan?

[Silent Bob On Couch]

I wonder if this will be marketed in the US for rural areas. I can hear the slogan now...

"VHF... Australian for Broadband."

Re:New slogan?

[yobbo]

Well, it has the word "Australian" in it. You suckers will buy into anything with Australian in it.

Re:New slogan?

[Frymaster]

Well, it has the word "Australian" in it. You suckers will buy into anything with Australian in it.

witness the popularity of prisons in the united states.

wait... was that flamebait?

Re:New slogan?

[penguin king]

Think certain politicians might take hold of this?

"BushLAN for the George in all of us."

I can just see him trying to sell it to Iraq and certain other middle eastern nations.

Be nice

[roninmagus]

It'd be nice, but unfortunately my VCR does not support the Australian internet.

;-)

That's coming from an ebayer embittered by NTSC purchases :)

Yes!!1

[riotstarter]

Finally, Pr0n on the TV...oh wait...

I was near-broadband...

[Anonymous Coward]

...when I sat first row at The Donnas show.

Re:near-broadband?

[b0nes]

Isn't "nearbroadband" almost the same concept as being "almost pregnant"?

see below...

But the term "broadband" has come to mean "fast" in the common language. Thank the media for that.

well if yer that fast...you are far more likely to be pregnant, than not, no?

Let's see Dr. Borg push this over 7Mhz VHF!

[Proudrooster]

Let's see them push this streaming chrismas carol over their VHF connection :)

Also, the article had this quote which I found interesting: Dr Borg said, any possible license conflicts - with digital radio advocates, and with the remaining users of the appropriate spectrum - would have to be resolved..

I wonder if the resolution will sound like this? All your VHF Bandwidth are belong to US! Resistance is futile. We will use your bandwith for irrelevant Christmas Music Remixes.

Ding Fries are Done! Merry Christmas!

Re:Could be a nice alternative..

[spiny]

I think you dropped these:

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thanks.

Re:Bad Joke

[ScrewMaster]

Great. So first I'm +1 Funny, then -1 Troll, and then -1 Overrated. If I'm a 0 Troll, how can I be Overrated? Sometimes moderators don't make a whole lot of sense.