The EU has always been very "careful" with monopolies. It's not just about the digital market but about the whole market.
There exist strong laws in the EU in this area
(anti-cartel, anti-monopoly). Several
takeovers and merges in the last years have either been forbidden or have only been allowed
under some strict "sanctions". So this case is nothing special in the EU because the laws are more strict there than in the US.
You won't.
Everyone has to take an ID-Card around or your fine will be 500$.
Shops have to close at 8 PM (20:00).
Bureaucracy is nowhere as bloated as in Germany.
And secretary of interior Mr. Schily is pushing
anti-"cybercrime" laws as hard as US senators.
The pros: the politicians are not bought like in the US (there are strict laws against "donations" and lobbying), they have just no idea...
Of course the Greens are the salvation
as they are in government and really protecting your rights.
How strong is the signal power of a mobile phone?
A base-station is built to receive signals from mobiles far away and is usually equipped
with large antennas and located at a high point.
But the range for mobilephone2mobilephone
communication shouldn't be so long.
A mobile phone signal is very weak.
In the article they are onle talking about the network aspect but not about the "mobile" aspect.
Has anyone an idea about that?
First it was planned to be released on 31th August.
They delayed it several times.
Despite this I'm running 4,4-PRERELEASE
since a month here on this machine.
Great - no problems!
So if you want it : CVSup, make world, make buildkernel.
The companies delivering PowerLine in Germany
( RWE (english PowerLine description), MVV and EnBw) should know that they have no chance against DSL, cable (just starting in Germany) and satellite.
Because a whole neighbourhood has to share
the 2Mbit/s (or in the future 10Mbit/s) -
as stated in other comments - the effective speed
will drop very low. Additionally there are
the interferences with amateur radio and others.
Although the companies claim they can compete
with DSL&al they are beginning to spread into the
3rd world. Currently RWE is doing some "evaluation" in Brasil. They hope that in the 3rd world - with no telephone lines, but power lines
they have a market. That's acutally what they say.
But I personally doubt that there is a market
for PowerLine - neither in Germany nor elsewhere in the world. It's already a dead technology
if it does not change fundamentally.
"jump to Linux bandwagon" - I hope the giant won't smash it.
Seriously, I hope IBM will throw developers on Linux without getting too much influence on the course of it's development.
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The EU has always been very "careful" with monopolies. It's not just about the digital market but about the whole market.
There exist strong laws in the EU in this area
(anti-cartel, anti-monopoly). Several
takeovers and merges in the last years have either been forbidden or have only been allowed
under some strict "sanctions". So this case is nothing special in the EU because the laws are more strict there than in the US.
You won't.
Everyone has to take an ID-Card around or your fine will be 500$.
Shops have to close at 8 PM (20:00).
Bureaucracy is nowhere as bloated as in Germany.
And secretary of interior Mr. Schily is pushing
anti-"cybercrime" laws as hard as US senators.
The pros: the politicians are not bought like in the US (there are strict laws against "donations" and lobbying), they have just no idea...
Of course the Greens are the salvation
as they are in government and really protecting your rights.
Imagine a beowulf cluster of mobile phones...
How strong is the signal power of a mobile phone?
A base-station is built to receive signals from mobiles far away and is usually equipped
with large antennas and located at a high point.
But the range for mobilephone2mobilephone
communication shouldn't be so long.
A mobile phone signal is very weak.
In the article they are onle talking about the network aspect but not about the "mobile" aspect.
Has anyone an idea about that?
Really good information concerning
the biggest tokamak project and tokamaks in general:
www.iter.org
A global project. Except the US prefers to waste billions ($) in war and space.
Then pay the eff.org
First it was planned to be released on 31th August.
They delayed it several times.
Despite this I'm running 4,4-PRERELEASE
since a month here on this machine.
Great - no problems!
So if you want it : CVSup, make world, make buildkernel.
The companies delivering PowerLine in Germany
( RWE (english PowerLine description), MVV and EnBw) should know that they have no chance against DSL, cable (just starting in Germany) and satellite.
Because a whole neighbourhood has to share
the 2Mbit/s (or in the future 10Mbit/s) -
as stated in other comments - the effective speed
will drop very low. Additionally there are
the interferences with amateur radio and others.
Although the companies claim they can compete
with DSL&al they are beginning to spread into the
3rd world. Currently RWE is doing some "evaluation" in Brasil. They hope that in the 3rd world - with no telephone lines, but power lines
they have a market. That's acutally what they say.
But I personally doubt that there is a market
for PowerLine - neither in Germany nor elsewhere in the world. It's already a dead technology
if it does not change fundamentally.
"jump to Linux bandwagon" - I hope the giant won't smash it.
Seriously, I hope IBM will throw developers on Linux without getting too much influence on the course of it's development.