Internet connections through the power lines
 

It's here and it works at speeds of up to 30 megabytes per second

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...1/s1245037.htm

I would have thought there would be too much trouble with emi raping the system. Though I think it was done in a building once via massive inductors surrounding their powerlines. Still.. any emi produced would fuck things up.

Yeah I first read about this a year ago. They were testing this in a few parts in the US. There were some technical issues that still had to be worked out and FCC approval. I just found an articel that said the FCC gave approval for BPL a month ago.

It would be great for rual areas who's only option is DirecWay and their $600 down $60 a month service that only gives you 500 Kbps speed.

Don't know but they have been working on that for several years. A couple of years ago they were told that it could never be done but it seems as though they have had some success.

Aurora is a government owned company that supplies electricity to the whole of Tasmania so they're not some start up company with big ideas and no clues :)

THey have been passing voice for many years, it was only a matter of time before data was available.

So the government will be monitoring everything you do...

Well the tchnology grows. It was about time.

They do that now thanks to the Patriot Act. At least once a month I get black helicoprters fly roght over my house. I'm not joking either. And I don't live near a base or big airport or nothing. I mean these guy are maybe 150-200 feet or less above my property.

Keep your tinfoil cap on, and you will be okay

Bush hates me, but so far I'm still free.

FUCK BUSH!

I'm sure I'll be seeing more flyby's soon after he reads that.

Bundle all your infrastructure into the 1 thing, makes it easier to go down in 1 hit.

eg. Anyone piping their phone and net through the powerlines stands to lose telephone communication in addition to power when lines get hit by lightning etc.

Most people have cell phones now anyway. I know some people that only have cell service and don't even have a regualar phone.

It's the state governments that run the power lines here - and if the federal government wants to know what people are doing they don't have to run around reading electricity meters - they can already tap your phone without even putting a bug in your handset.

agreed. However I would personally prefer having a landline in addition to a mobile... so I do. Dont know about you guys?