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Sean Porter's high-speed Internet connection doesn't come through a cable-television cord, a telephone line or from a satellite.
When can I have it?
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http://www.washtimes.com/business/20...0425-2213r.htmQuote:
Sean Porter's high-speed Internet connection doesn't come through a cable-television cord, a telephone line or from a satellite.
When can I have it?
It's a great idea if you live in a rural area and can't get DSL/Cable, and a cheaper alternative to satellite. It makes sense to roll out the service further because if you haven't got power lines you won't have a computer (more likely than not!) and so broadband would be a bit pointless anyway. However, given the UK's appalling track record on rolling out anything technological (especially broadband), I don't expect to see it in my area for a couple of years yet.
I saw alot of bad press report about this technology. I cannot find back the source but I was saying that running data over power grid might do stop radio frequency to stop working proprebly.
I'm afraid it to is gonna be a few years before they get it to my area, but I hope they get it sooner than that.
Sure will be nice once it gets here.
Radio? Who needs radio? You can listen to music over your broadband! ;)Quote:
Originally posted here by SDK
I saw alot of bad press report about this technology. I cannot find back the source but I was saying that running data over power grid might do stop radio frequency to stop working proprebly.
And.. depending on the station you tune into... you don't have to put up with commercials every 2 songs.
Hmm... I wouldn't matter seeing that in action. I wonder what it's speed is. I would imagine rather fast.
One other thing though is, how secure is it?
I have about 6 questions I am wondering now about this. First will you need a modem. Because if it makes sense, you won't be dialing in, so therefore no need for a modem.
I don't know about over power lines, but inside homes its a very slow form of networking (1Mb/s unless you use some special hardware last time I checked). I wouldn't think you would need a modem as such, although for my ADSL connection I don't dial-in yet the device I have is still called a modem (well, it's a router with a built-in modem if you want to be picky). Stricly speaking you'd need something to convert the signal from your computer to whatever frequency is sent down the power lines, which is what a modem does by definition (MOdulating DEModulating).
Now this is the question that is most interesting to me, If you don't pay your power bill but pay your Internet bill, can you still use the Internet hehe.
I would imagine that the contract you sign for your Internet connection will have a clause dependant on you paying your power bill. ;)
Without power, isn't the point rather moot anyway's, at least when the batteries on your laptop die. :DQuote:
Originally posted here by whizkid2300
Now this is the question that is most interesting to me, If you don't pay your power bill but pay your Internet bill, can you still use the Internet hehe.
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Yeah from what I've heard, it screws up people who have to get a license to use amature radios to broadcast/recieve over the world/state/city. There is probably a community of these people similar to how we have communities on the Internet. I think that this Broadband over PowerLines piggybacks on this radio wave (or a similar one), and can create interference. It is hotly protested since the people who use these radios have to undergo certification and buying sensitive equipment to be able to use it. The equipment is very sensitive to interference, and suddenly everyone's Internet messes with their radio space for a tiny monthly fee...no fun for them. It breaks their community, while others get broadband radio. It also potentially messes up those who use this broadband radio since the radiowaves are shared, and create inteference similar to 802.11 networks on similar channels.Quote:
Originally posted here by SDK
I saw alot of bad press report about this technology. I cannot find back the source but I was saying that running data over power grid might do stop radio frequency to stop working proprebly.
Check these links for more info:
(Main Page) http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/plc/
(Article Expressing Concern) http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/pl...eployment.html
Anyways, I already have a (4mbit/s - 600KB/s quick) WiFi internet connection. So I'm good :)