Re: OT: Wireless Internet

[Paul Lagasse pglagasse@xxxxxxxx]

Networking equipment that uses electric wiring can bought from any
number of outlets
(http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8868399&type=product&id=1210290067623);
I've no idea how well it works.


Paul Lagasse

Brian.Henderson@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> Several years back, as I was laying another CAT line for a forth
> computer, a read about equipment that turned your house electrical
> wiring into a LAN - like you said, Robert, you "plug some sort of modem
> into an electric wall outlet, and you're online". I thought that as soon
> as it sound like it was "ready for Prime Time" I'd buy it. But it seems
> to have faded away. I've been listening for further news, but...nothing.
>
> -BrianH.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Robert Holmgren
>
> ** Reply to message from tebrake@xxxxxxxx on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:21:15
> -0400
>
>
> > As I recall, this thread began with a query about the deployment of
> > wireless networks across communities (WiMax).
>
> In rural communities, I'd like to see high-speed Internet delivered over
> the power lines. Plug some sort of modem into an electric wall outlet,
> and you're online. They tested this in Korea with several MILLION
> electric power customers, and it worked.
>
> -----------------------------
> Robert Holmgren
> holmgren@xxxxxxxx
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