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Japanese Firms Claim 170Mb/s Service Via Powerline

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bits-that-go-fast dept.

valdean writes "Sony, Mitsubishi, and Panasonic have created and launched a new technology to transport Internet and media signals around the home via the electricity network at speeds 3x that of Wi-Fi. It's even fast enough for HDTV. The introduction is only dependent on government authorization."

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  1. Re:Misleading... by Fjornir · · Score: 4, Informative

    Sir, did you read the article? This is for your LAN, not for broadband to the home.

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  2. Sticking it to the incumbent by stimpleton · · Score: 4, Informative

    I love reading stuff like this.

    All I can think of is the bosses of our local telecomms incumbent reading this, instantly loosing control of their bowels, the splash of the explosion showering their faithful lieutenants in gooey excrement.

    I'm in New Zealand. We pay $70/month for 2mb down 196K up. Its sketchy at best as interleaving pushes pings to about 70-90ms. No unbundling of the LL, and a government that takes it like the Goatse guy from the incumbent, better service is a far off dream.

    Please, dear jesus, let alternatives like BB over powerlines work.

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  3. Re:Oh, around the home. by vena · · Score: 3, Informative

    i think the reason they're comparing this to wifi is that people use wifi so they don't have to run wires. your home is already wired for electricity in most cases all over the house, but wiring it (cleanly and nicely with a wall plug) for gigabit ethernet is going to cost you.

  4. Re:Important Distinction by fatboy · · Score: 3, Informative

    Now if you could have a bypass, with a rather large resistor to cut back the outside voltage, then we might have something.

    Actually, they are using bypass capacitors for BPL.

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  5. Once again... by IntergalacticWalrus · · Score: 3, Informative

    the /. headline is misleading. It's a LAN solution, not a broadband Internet service. The word "service" should not appear in the title.