Broadband over power lines (BPL) is coming : Fri, 15 Oct 2004

There have bee several reports that the FCC has approved rules for tranmitting data via power lines, opening up the liklihood of power-company-as-ISP scenarios. The technology needs some trials however, being that the ham radio crowd suspects that modulation of energy transmissions may interfere with their assigned broadcast spectrum.

Last time I plugged a computer into the power outlet, I was testing my new etherkiller BZZZZT!;) --CG   Source: http://www.uhacc.org/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi

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