Screw the cable and telephone companies...

[coleslaw]

Screw the cable and telephone companies, I want to get my broadband from the power company!! What house doesn't have electricity?

http://www.powerline.com/

[ProMinx]

RuPlus, NtPlus, PuPlus...it's driving me insane!!! Just tell me straight up what the bandwidth is and how much it costs! Heh heh

PM

[ProMinx]

okay..so there isn't a PuPlus...

there are however NtPlus, RuPlus, CuRcPlus, NmPlus, HotPlus, AmrPlus, CddPlus, and ExPlus...so there...

[coleslaw]

They are still running trials with the technology, so it is not available for commercial use just yet. It appears that customers will be able to get phone service, internet access, and electricity all from household outlets. Can you say monopoly?

Now how 'bout cable TV too? Condense all of my bills into one and I'll be happy!

[ProMinx]

Okay, anyone else who was searching and not finding, the max bandwidth is 2 Mb/s (screw that) and I still don't know the price...

Pro

[Sir_Froggy]

2 Mb/s?
would that be 2 megabytes/sec?
heh sorry not too good with those shorter spellings of a word...

[TheLoneGunman]

Originally posted by coleslaw
I want to get my broadband from the power company!!

Two words:

ROLLING BLACKOUTS

[Jeffbx]

Originally posted by Sir_Froggy
2 Mb/s?
would that be 2 megabytes/sec?
heh sorry not too good with those shorter spellings of a word...

Sorry - bandwidth is measured in megaBITS per second, not megaBYTES. Divide by 8 for megaBYTES.

2Mbps is still faster than a T1 or my DSL connection....

[Grimm]

Originally posted by TheLoneGunman

Originally posted by coleslaw
I want to get my broadband from the power company!!

Two words:

ROLLING BLACKOUTS

Hmmm... A good point, but can I point out that if the powers out the computer most likely won't be working that well anyway. Even if you were using a laptop and a cable modem, no power, no cable modem.

[Loki]

Originally posted by ProMinx
Okay, anyone else who was searching and not finding, the max bandwidth is 2 Mb/s (screw that) and I still don't know the price...

Pro

What's wrong with 2Mb/s? That's faster than a T-1 (which is what I'm using at home). If it's more reliable than a cable modem then I don't see why it wouldn't be a practical solution. I guess this is the power company's response to the telecoms. Though I would be suspicious of the whole rolling blackout thing. Though they might not affect one another. Then again if you have a blackout you can't even use any type of connection.

[Edited by Loki on 08-27-2001 at 12:45 PM]

[Sir_Froggy]

thx for telling me jeff apreciate it...now i won't look like an idiot in front of other people besides u guys

[coleslaw]

Outdated Update:

"Provides standard data rate of 2.4 Mb/s at user level (to be boosted to 10 Mb/s by Q1-2001), using a highly efficient modem, specially designed to operate in noisy power line environments."

[Loki]

even better ;)

[Nanotech9]

Originally posted by evilcyclops

Originally posted by TheLoneGunman

Originally posted by coleslaw
I want to get my broadband from the power company!!

Two words:

ROLLING BLACKOUTS

Hmmm... A good point, but can I point out that if the powers out the computer most likely won't be working that well anyway. Even if you were using a laptop and a cable modem, no power, no cable modem.


have you ever heard of an UPS, or the company called APC?...

didnt think so. Personally, i would always run my cablemodem, computers, switches, and routers on a Batt. Backup. On top of keeping things running, they also help absorb power spikes (on top of your power strip).

[TheLoneGunman]

I am going between 3.5 and 5+ Mpbs downstream and I have NEITHER cable nor DSL nor the power company.

[ZrEo0]

i still hav 56k!!! anything can be better

[speedracer120]

How long do I have to wait?

[coleslaw]

Originally posted by Nanotech9
have you ever heard of an UPS, or the company called APC?...

didnt think so. Personally, i would always run my cablemodem, computers, switches, and routers on a Batt. Backup. On top of keeping things running, they also help absorb power spikes (on top of your power strip).

Don't rolling blackouts usually cause power to be down for extended periods of time, not just a few minutes here and there? I don't think any battery-backup device is going to be able to run a PC, a monitor, a cable modem, switches and routers for more than a few minutes.

[TheLoneGunman]

Originally posted by coleslaw

Don't rolling blackouts usually cause power to be down for extended periods of time, not just a few minutes here and there? I don't think any battery-backup device is going to be able to run a PC, a monitor, a cable modem, switches and routers for more than a few minutes.

When I worked at Lotus (on cc;Mail), we had a room filled with car batteries. It was able to sustain us for a LONG time.

[coleslaw]

Originally posted by TheLoneGunman

When I worked at Lotus (on cc;Mail), we had a room filled with car batteries. It was able to sustain us for a LONG time. I was referring to more personal home usage... ;)

Doesn't Cisco have it's own mini power company complete with gasoline generators?

[ironchef]

Originally posted by TheLoneGunman
I am going between 3.5 and 5+ Mpbs downstream and I have NEITHER cable nor DSL nor the power company.
well what in the hayelll do you run?

[TheLoneGunman]

Wireless - SprintBroadband.

If you are going to sign up anyway, please email me and I will give you a referral for a free month.

Downside is occasionaly 1 minute pings that hurt you when it comes to playing games.

[ironchef]

oof, that's rough. but doesn't wireless require a landline for upstream traffic though? or has that changed?

[TheLoneGunman]

It is MICROWAVE, not satellite. No phone required.