Broadband Power

[JBP|]

maybe this should be in the tech forums but sod it (whinge if you want i dont give a rats ass :kissit: )


http://equipped.msn.com/article.aspx?aid=4


quite intresting i feel

 

[nath]

My mate online has that. Something like 2mb down, 1 up. Pretty nifty

 

[Jupitus]

Aye... a couple of years ago when I was in the 56k wilderness Scottish Power were running trials of Powerline Broadband, which were being followed back then by trials in the Winchester area. I am not sure how far towards a larger rollout they have got, but the site is still showing it as available:

http://www.southern-electric.co.uk/broadband/

Took me 6 years to get ADSL... not likely to switch it off right now

 

[JBP|]

unfortunatly thats only a 1meg line jup

its the 3meg up and 3 meg down thats got my attention

 

[Cyfr]

Very interesting. I bet it's ages before the UK get it everywhere tho

 

[Tom]

On the other hand, please don't try putting 240VAC down your internet cable, because it definitely will not work!

 

[Jupitus]

unfortunatly thats only a 1meg line jup

its the 3meg up and 3 meg down thats got my attention

Agreed, but I think the main thing is getting the technology to work... if they can do that and it's commercially viable then the available bandwidth is just a question of cost vs demand for the backbone infrastructure.

When I was watching the subject more closely there were lots of possible objections being raised about interference from it in surrounding areas, although these were being strongly denied. Personally I hope it gets launched to the masses as this will increase competition aswell as availability in remote areas.

 

[TdC]

*stroke 8Mbit phat pipe o' pr0n*

 

[Cyfr]

*Kill TdC*

 

[Collino]

connection speed isn't the major bottle neck at mo, servers on net aren't the best for blistering speeds.... well some old crappor ones...