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Unique Broadband Over Powerline Project Planned For Mosques

Posted by Zonk on from the not-in-the-states dept.

Lucas123 writes "Broadband over powerline (BPL) provider Velchip is heading up a project that will offer 60 million very unique network users an unlimited high speed Internet connection of 224Mbps at a cost of only around RM5 ($1.58) per user per month. That's the cheapest, fastest internet connection in the world. The network is slated for use in the $14 billion 'Smart Mosque' project, which will be rolled out over three years in Indonesia and will link together 400,000 mosques. To add some perspective, in the US Verizon FiOS currently offers up to 30 Mbps downloads and 5 Mbps uploads starting at $42.99 a month. BPL modems use existing electrical power lines to deliver high speed Internet access and data transmission."

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  1. Re:Could someone enlighten me? by HateBreeder · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Well, they need to post those Bin-Laden tapes to youtube somewhere...

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  2. Re:Why? by freedom_india · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah. And Mosque??? of all places?
    Aren't these the same guys who blow up Telecom towers in Afghanistan as symbols of western decadence.
    I bet the broadband line will live for 500 milliseconds before it is burnt down along with its equipment.

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  3. What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Terrorists dont need the internet.

  4. Re:Isn't "Smart Mosque" an oxymoron? by Tastecicles · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I might throw your post right back at you - again. 1. Islam preaches peace and tolerance. Christianity preaches destruction of nonbelievers with extreme prejudice. The proof is RIGHT THERE in the Bible AND in the 13C Crusades, AND in the current US Cruisade against Nonbelievers in the Christian faith. It's all a matter of historical record. Go ahead, prove me wrong. Please. FTR, nowhere in the Koran does it say anything about strapping a bomb to one's chest and claiming 2800 people in the name of Allah. 2. So Clinton got his cock sucked. And? The United States suffered what for it? Oh yes, the first budget SURPLUS in living memory! Point being that it matters not a jot what these people did in private, their public faces spoke volumes for their worth to society. Mohammad is revered as a saint because of his actions in public, not for his private life. Let his PUBLIC ACTIONS speak for themselves. Let Clinton's public actions speak for themselves. Leave their private lives the fuck alone.

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  5. High speed terror cells by jared.adam.young · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeeeeah now we can order our IED rf/cdma/gsm kits at high speed.. Yeah baby.. High speed suicide bombings now.. Allah has never been prouder hah