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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. Unlimited? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think you'll need Allah's help for that.

    1. Re:Unlimited? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      AH HA,

      from real life terrorisim to cyber Terrorist!

    2. Re:Unlimited? by Stellian · · Score: 3, Funny

      That of course if Allah has nothing against millions of believers downloading porn on bittorrent at super-high speeds.

    3. Re:Unlimited? by Dan541 · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's what happens when morons get mod point!

      I expect this post will also be modded down by a moron mod!

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  2. Re:Whoa there Nelly! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The US still has better internet access than much of the third world.

    You must be so proud.

  3. web speed overpay? by locksmith101 · · Score: 1, Funny

    how come we have to pay so much more for something that's not even close to what Indonesia (hello? Indonesia - with it's 13,000 islands! has way better speed?) is about to launch? i'm getting real tired of all those cynical capitalists...i'm moving to Indonesia!

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  4. Re:Why? by jamesh · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why would a mosque need internet access? Isn't it suppose to be a place of worship, not an internet cafe?

    People should be free to worship their deity of choice in their own way. If they want to do so sitting in front of a computer screen looking at pictures of naked women then who are you to judge them?
  5. Re:BPL also trashes the airwaves by trash+eighty · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've heard Indonesian radio, its probably a blessing

  6. Excuse me... Excuse me... by denzacar · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just wanted to ask a question. What does God need with a internet connection?

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  7. Re:I wonder... by raju1kabir · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think the government could have just as easily chosen a library...

    Oh yes, one of the many wonderful public libraries that dot the villages and towns of Indonesia.

    Somtimes I wonder if Turkish people generally regard themselves as Islam as more of a "suicide bombing public insurance program".

    They better invent secular kurdism as well then.

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