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Power companies enter broadband market (very interesting)
Cnet.com via The New York times on the Web ^
| October 16, 2005
| Ken Belson
Posted on 10/17/2005 10:11:58 AM PDT by rawhide
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Wow, this is great, especially for those who live in the rural areas!
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posted on
10/17/2005 10:12:03 AM PDT
by
rawhide
To: rawhide
www.nrtc.coop
National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative...all sorts of services for rural areas, including new high-speed satellite internet.
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posted on
10/17/2005 10:16:38 AM PDT
by
rightinthemiddle
(We Self-Destruct. We Blame Bush. That'll Show 'Em!)
To: rightinthemiddle
We have the so-called high speed satellite. While faster than dial-up it is less than DSL and much more expensive. than dial-up
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posted on
10/17/2005 10:18:27 AM PDT
by
ICE-FLYER
(God bless and keep the United States of America)
To: ICE-FLYER
Wonder how they get around isolation transformers?
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posted on
10/17/2005 10:25:32 AM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: rawhide
It can also severely hamper shortwave, including Ham, radio communications.
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posted on
10/17/2005 10:28:00 AM PDT
by
Professional Engineer
(Yes, the world does revolve around us. We picked the coordinate system.)
To: rawhide
Development is supposed to be underway that will deliver broadband directly through existing electrical wiring.
It is supposed to be something like 7x faster than highspeed cable.
Some DSL prices have dropped significantly, except for isolated areas not served by the big Bells and telecoms. Centurytel is still high priced. Cable HS in my area runs about $40 for the 4MiB download speed.
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posted on
10/17/2005 10:28:36 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: Thud
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posted on
10/17/2005 10:29:11 AM PDT
by
Dark Wing
To: rawhide
I am clueless about this.
Would High Speed Internet effect the power grid in any way?
I would not want to live with another power outage like we did a few years ago.
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posted on
10/17/2005 10:29:31 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(God blessed me with a wonderful husband.)
To: rawhide
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posted on
10/17/2005 10:30:09 AM PDT
by
pabianice
To: rawhide
Time to sell your cable TV and internet-over-cable stocks...
To: Professional Engineer
It can also severely hamper shortwave, including Ham, radio communications. Meaning, what? About .0001% of the population?
To: TomGuy
7x faster than highspeed cable 7x, man-o-man, wow, is that fast!
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posted on
10/17/2005 10:33:07 AM PDT
by
rawhide
To: ICE-FLYER
Are you talking about DirectWay? There's a new service out, called WildBlue.
Direc(t)Way stinks.
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posted on
10/17/2005 10:33:09 AM PDT
by
rightinthemiddle
(We Self-Destruct. We Blame Bush. That'll Show 'Em!)
To: rawhide
Right now there is free wireless in downtown neighborhoods in Cincinnati.
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posted on
10/17/2005 10:33:09 AM PDT
by
OldFriend
(Corine Lombardo ~ American Patriot)
To: rawhide
You mean I'll be able to tell comcast to kiss my hairy butt?
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posted on
10/17/2005 10:36:06 AM PDT
by
SouthernBoyupNorth
("For my wings are made of Tungsten, my flesh of glass and steel..........")
To: rawhide
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posted on
10/17/2005 10:36:10 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(""As far as I can tell, she (Miers) is every bit as conservative as George Bush." --NCsteve (FR))
To: TomGuy
I like this from the article:
'They have two broadband adapters that they can move to any outlet in the house. When Hofstetter takes his computer to a different room in the house, he takes an adapter with him, plugs it in and is instantly connected to the Internet. He can buy extra adapters for about $30.'
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posted on
10/17/2005 10:36:11 AM PDT
by
rawhide
To: pabianice
Meaning the next time your town is hit by a hurricane, tornado, earthquake, flood, etc. the 100% of the population depending on the guy down the street who used to be involved in ham/emergency communications will be stuck.
That guy gave up his hobby after being wiped out by interference. The fact the the interference is gone during the emergency, and corresponding power outage is irrelevant. He got rid of his gear already. So sorry, no comms.
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posted on
10/17/2005 10:38:18 AM PDT
by
Professional Engineer
(Yes, the world does revolve around us. We picked the coordinate system.)
To: pabianice
Telkonet was another company chasing this space. Their niche was multi-dwelling buildings. I made a few $$$ trading them but that was back in 2003.
To: rawhide
I live in a rural area in which the only service is dial-up unless you go for the very expensive satellite.
I am not a techician but never understood why there was that big of a problem serving rural areas. The towns have high speed at reasonable rates and they are basically the same distance from any really large urban areas as we are.
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posted on
10/17/2005 10:41:12 AM PDT
by
yarddog
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