Google Launches Free Wireless Broadband

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."

Comments

Sanitary...

[adamziegler]

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.

April 1st

[bcmm]

Could you mod me up please?

Series of tubes

[Akaihiryuu]

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".

Re:This could cause a great many plumbing bills...

[linguizic]

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

Fool me once...

[B5_geek]

One of these days I will realize that going to _any_ website on April 1st is a complete waste of time.
I hope it happens soon.

Groan

[ericrost]

Google is trying too hard today.

Previous TISP Beta Tester

[DrLudicrous]

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).

Re:This could cause a great many plumbing bills...

[Cheerio Boy]

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". :-)

Pinkdot.org

[lolocaust]

We need to have the pink slashdot theme back, even as an option. OMG ponies!!

PipeRank - Google's New page ranking algorithm

[robotsrule]

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.

Re:Fooling yourself

[Ticklemonster]

For just once, I'd like to see the higher brain function kick in and see people run with a gag. Surely there's enough people here at /. that can come up with enough technobabble to really play along with even the most obvious prank and run with it. What a great brain workout it would be to try to come up with enough total hogwash to support some of the gags people come up with on A1.

It takes one brain cell to post that it's a prank, but it takes a host to try and perpetuate the bullshit. And in the spirit of A1, would that not be more fun anyway?

So um yeah, I wonder how they deal with harmonics on long runs of pipe, eh?