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Offline ooseven
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« on: February 13, 2003, 01:40:47 AM »
woot i might get BB after all...

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Fast net services in the UK could soon be available via electricity lines as an alternative way of reaching out to those communities cut off from broadband.
Scottish Hydro-Electric is planning to extend broadband trials to a town in Scotland and one in southern England reports Computing magazine.

Eventually the service could be available to all 3.5 million of its customers.
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The trials were a big success, offering up to 2mb per second - twice as fast as most broadband services on offer in the UK - for the price of £25.



BB Via Electric lines

i hope its safe from power spikes and what not.
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« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2003, 02:06:55 AM »
Spain had also that type of connection for a while and it sucked. I didn\'t check it but people said it was the biggest sh¡t in the world.
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« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2003, 02:08:03 AM »
:(

they don\'t give upload speed


plus there would be the potential incompatability with the PS2 BBA :(
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« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2003, 02:52:46 AM »
I saw a tv programme on this a couple of years ago, some guy\'s house had been kitted out with it. This is the first I have heard of it being made available to the general public since then.
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« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2003, 06:36:12 PM »
Saw something in PC World this month about it comin\' to the USA within the next few months. They are hoping to target places in rural area\'s where there is no other broadband options . Hopefully, the rural area I live in is one of those that is goin\' to be targeted. I could care less about upload speed, I just want download speed.
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« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2003, 07:55:15 PM »
They have been experimenting over here for several years..

They offer 2mbit here too.. But I remember reading somewhere it can go up to 10Mbit.

You can only live a short distance from the "power house" (whatever its called.. Small concrete house with a steel door with generators and shit inside) though.
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« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2003, 08:14:24 PM »
If that is the case (living a certain distance from the power generators), than this will do NOTHING for expanding broadband into rural area\'s.  

I, myself, have grown so very tired of using a 56k connection. Waiting for downloads . Ugh...
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