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Google Launches Free Wireless Broadband

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the cheap-at-twice-the-price dept.

SlashRating© 600673 slashdottit! tm Ashish Kulkarni writes "Google has just announced the launch of Google TiSP (BETA)(TM), a free in-home wireless broadband service that delivers online connectivity via users' plumbing systems. All the dark fibre that google has supposedly laid out is now fully operational! Check out the description of how it works."

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  1. Sanitary... by adamziegler · · Score: 5, Funny

    For years, data carriers have confronted the "last hundred yards" problem for delivering data from local networks into individual homes. Hmm... suppose this mean I am still going to get shitty service.
    1. Re:Sanitary... by sgant · · Score: 2, Funny

      Now it's LITERALLY a series of "tubes"!

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  2. This could cause a great many plumbing bills... by Cheerio+Boy · · Score: 2, Funny

    As hackers attempt to hack Google TiSP into their toilets and install Linux on the public "water treatment servers". ;-)

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    1. Re:This could cause a great many plumbing bills... by linguizic · · Score: 5, Funny

      Once you've got Linux on it it won't be to bad. I don't remember that last time I flushed iptables.

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    2. Re:This could cause a great many plumbing bills... by Cheerio+Boy · · Score: 5, Funny

      Once you've got Linux on it it won't be to bad. I don't remember that last time I flushed iptables.

      This could bring a whole new meaning to "buffer overflow exploit". :-)

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  3. Series of tubes by Akaihiryuu · · Score: 4, Funny

    See, the internet really *is* a series of tubes, after all! I know this is an April Fools joke, but that just had to be said. Coincidentally enough, the word I have to type to log in to reply to this message was "blockage".

    1. Re:Series of tubes by sublimewb · · Score: 2, Funny

      ...yet another biometric method of user verification.. "logging" in

  4. Groan by ericrost · · Score: 4, Funny

    Google is trying too hard today.

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  5. Previous TISP Beta Tester by DrLudicrous · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've been a beta tester for Google TISP for the last 3 months. Without any reservations, it simply beats the shit out the competition. And it's free! Only caveat- you might have difficulty taking a dump and surfing the net at the same time, unless you have more than one bathroom (I've got 1.5, so no problems).

  6. I love it! by saskboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    I could sit on the Internet all day now!

    And even better, my rural home has a toilet, so it ought to get broadband now! I just hope it's septic tank compatible.

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  7. PipeRank - Google's New page ranking algorithm by robotsrule · · Score: 5, Funny

    Along with the plumbing connection, Google has added a new web page ranking system called PipeRank. Where as Google's original PageRank algorithm worked to boost pages to the top of their search engine results, PipeRank penalizes pages. PipeRank is measured by counting the number of people that flush the toilet while visiting a web site equipped with Google's plumbing based wi-fi system. Using Google Toolbar enabled laptops as they sit perched on the throne, Google has announced that this is their best new weapon in preventing crap on the Internet from affecting their search results.

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  8. Damn... by Brad1138 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm on septic

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  9. Oatmeal by tinrobot · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you eat oatmeal the day before, you'll have all the dark fiber you'll need.

  10. Now I get it - by schlumff · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's why they bought YouTube !

  11. Re:Fooling yourself by Burnin'+Bush · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have just developed a Unix device, using Signetics' "Write Only Memory" chips, which not only collects unwanted bits, but also actually flushes them down the toilet. Simply "pipe" unwanted data to "\dev\toilet" eg: > more foo.txt | toilet. Also, for Mac & PC users, it comes with a more appropriate icon to replace the Trashcan icon - it's the new "Toilet" icon, and with it you can flush those no-longer-needed files down the drain! We are currently in alpha test, and users should beware of one small problem currently being debugged: occasionally, when un-deleting a file (OS-X cmd-Z), the file comes back with a few extra bits of dark matter stuck to it which can stink up your system.

  12. love the faq by farker+haiku · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why is TiSP in beta?
    When things go wrong with TiSP, they go very, very wrong. Let's leave it at that.

    Priceless.

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  13. Don't forget about GMail Paper by neuro.slug · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wireless internet is great and all, but GMail Paper promises to revolutionize the way we store email.

  14. Re:Fooling yourself by fbjon · · Score: 2, Funny
    And what about security? Anyone could hijack someone else's sewage pipe to capture the flow traffic. Perhaps you could discourage such practices by sending packets with a particularly evil bit set.

    Also, their logo is cool: TiSP

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