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Texas to Get Broadband Over Power Lines

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the getting-your-fix-any-way-you-can dept.

mrops writes "CNet is reporting that Texas will soon be getting broadband over power lines. From the article, "Broadband service over power lines (BPL) is not a new technology. People have been experimenting with building communication networks over power lines since the 1950s. But it hasn't caught on due to its low speed, low functionality and high development cost." Unfortunately this technology matured a bit too late and has been subdued by recent rush of wi-fi products. The technology has a lot of potential and wi-fi black zones are not an issue in simple home setups."

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  1. Paging Glen Campbell by ackthpt · · Score: 4, Funny


    I am a lineman for the county.
    And I've heard about SCO
    I'm lookin' at a Sun, I see another overload.

    I hear you trolling in the wire.
    I can see RMS whine.
    And a slashdotting in Houston,
    Will saturate the line.

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  2. You will NEVER see this in Texas by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The broadband-over-oil-pipeline lobby will kill this dead.

  3. Re:Brownouts... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Dose this mean that there will be brownouts whenever there is a high volume of trafic on the system?

    Nah, it's when there's lots of crap going over the wire.

  4. Re:What about ameteur radio? by MightyMartian · · Score: 4, Funny
    That's alright, recent disasters have shown us that the government is more than capable of handling emergency services, and that we don't need amateur radio enthusiasts any more. It's time to sacrifice that so that power companies can get into the ISP game!

    Hope your house doesn't catch fire, however, because no one will be able to talk to the guys in the fire truck.

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  5. Power over... by fa2k · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can they do PoE on that;)

  6. Re:Brownouts... by acercanto · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just don't use this ethernet jack. :-)

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  7. And In Other News... by MightyMartian · · Score: 3, Funny

    Austin, TX - The Department of Highways has just announced that it will be using public highways to ferment fertilizer.

    "This opens up a whole new market to us." M. Fitzal Smellhell, Deputy Director of the Department of Highways said. "We figure that by the end of 2006, we'll be producing nearly one third of all the fertilizer used in Texas."

    Opponents claim that this will making driving hazardous, and could have a serious effect on neighboring communities.

    Smellhell rejected these complaints. "There's always somebody who wants to stand in the way of progress. But we've studied this very carefully. The Ministry of Disturbed Maniacal Plans in Khazakstan has been doing this for years, and there have been no complaints that we're aware of."

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    The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.