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Earthlink Invests In Broadband Over Power Lines
prostoalex writes "Earthlink dedicated $500,000 to delivering broadband connections over power lines by launching a test drive of the technology with Progress Energy in North Carolina. 500 homes involved in the projects can sign up for promotional pricing of $20/month, which after 3 months will be changed to $50/month. No word on bandwidth provided, but Ambient Corp., which provides technology for the project and accpeted EarthLink investment, claims data rates exceeding 10 Mpbs."
electrical internet is too dangerous for kids
500 homes involved in the projects can sign up for promotional pricing of $20/month, which after 3 months will be changed to $50/month.
Yo man, here in the projects we can't even afford $10 for groceries, and yo want us to shell out $50 a month on broadband? I don think this is gunna fly, man!
Like how the combination of power lines and ethernet was supposed to grow cancerous tumors out of your eye sockets that develop into tentacles that molest japanese schoolgirls? I'm pretty sure there was just a story about that on slashdot just a bit ago.
http://mediagoblin.org/
just get my packets-o-porn here fast!
Mega promotional bull shit?
Maybe I'm paranoid, or maybe I just read an article about certain magnetic fields damaging brain cell DNA. I don't remember though, because I just shaved with an electric razor. Damnit. Seriously, can we just get over this and invest in some Fiber to the Curb (FFTC) or Fiber to the Home (FTTH)?
They've been advertising some new broadband over automobile solution that looked pretty fast.
Keanu is that you?
So when am I going to be able to power my comptuer and get an internet connection with the same cable?
I'm tired of people competing for frequency bands. Where are all the super-antennae that allow you to focus in a signal that's only 0.00001 Hz different than another, different signal next to it?
Come on, technology! Figure it out! It's the 20-somethingth century for crying out loud. We should be able to have high-speed Internet connections and Morse code wonks. Why do we have to choose?
sev
but have you considered the following argument: shut up.
Not to mention that the only alternative would be to admit they falsely advertised "unlimited bandwidth." Doesn't it just rot your socks when someone demands what was actually advertised? It's like going to an "all you can eat" place and actually eating all you can eat! Sheesh! The noive of some people!
exceeding 10 Mpbs.
For when you need 10 Million PBS stations.
I'm hoping for power over cable line. The cable company isn't screwing me enough as it is.
like someone else pointed out, the interference from the radiated signal will play havoc with radios, lets not forget it also goes both ways.. so being a Ham Radio operator I can only imagine that when I get on and key up with a kilowatt of SSB large sections of my neighborhood will suffer some serious packet loss :-), plus I have to wonder what my arc welder will do hehe
Why does my o'scope show that all my AC power is now 10 million cycles second rather than 60?! ;-)
-psy
Screw the traffic LED on the router, my lamps-a-blink'n.
Magic Eight Ball: Outlook not so good., Hmmm, how about Excel and Word?
Well, I'm sure that the folks who sell cables for $500 a foot will come to the rescue with $15000 power filters. Nothing but the best, right?
Yeah, I feel like stringing up a dipole antenna between two telephone poles and working CW DX @ 1500 watts. Sounds like fun!
-- de N1ZPP
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You must feel lonely going "10-4 good buddy" on 29Mhz...
Laawwdy mercy, betty mae, I cain't see tur fixin' up muh blacks TEETHS so's hows cain't I afferd some 'em innurnet? I cain't do hit!
They're already working on Broadband Over Candle.
"It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -David Hume
The only shilding that will work on this is to encase the power lines in a heavy braded material.... Oops! Thats the defition for coax!
I moved there (here) 6 years ago.
Get the fuck out of my town. I was here first!