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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. Insecure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Electrical power lines are not surrounded by a ground shield. I hope they came up with some security to go along with their high-frequency data mover.