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Cincinnati Gets Broadband Over Power Lines

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the zap dept.

kotj.mf writes "According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati-area electric utility Cinergy has become the first electric utility in the country to offer broadband over power lines. There's also a press release. At $29.95/month for 1 Mb/s both upstream and down, it's only a few bucks more than the local dialup providers. Can we expect the power companies to start giving Cable and DSL providers a run for their money? Finally, my town gets AHEAD of the times, for once."

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  1. Re:What's so special about this? by Spy+Hunter · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    If we can have 1Mbps up/down to the Internet anywhere there's a power jack in the entire US, I personally think that's worth sacrificing a part of the wireless spectrum. If it stomps all over amateur radio operators, that's too bad, but universal broadband Internet access is much higher on my list of things that matter. If this technology can bring broadband to the places that aren't served by cable or DSL, then it's a great thing. If this alleged interference caused problems with anything that really mattered, the FCC would be all over it. You guys are whining over nothing.

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  2. You forgot a few things by brokeninside · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Cops shooting unarmed black men.

    Race riots.

    A city charter that makes discrimination on sexual orientation legal.

    Really bad drivers.

  3. Just Cincinatti? Vendors in three states... by mi · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    According to the PCWorld article on Yahoo!
    More than a million residents of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana will have a new broadband option this month in the first large-scale rollout of broadband over power line (BPL) service, despite concerns that the new BPL technology interferes with other radio frequency devices, including ham radios.

    I personally, think the ham-radio should yield. An enthusiast-only hobby (admittedly, not one of mine) vs. cheap Internet access for the masses? Sorry...

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  4. Obligatory Cincitucky Joke by MicroBerto · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    So what's gonna happen to their connections during the next round of riots when all the morons down there knock down all of the power lines and telephone poles?

    Haha, sorry, but I'm from Cleveland and currently live in Columbus and had to poke!

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