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Thread ID: 72408	2006-09-12 02:42:00	Turn Off The Stove Until I Get This Download!	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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484083	2006-09-12 02:42:00	BPL (Broadband Over Power Lines) hasn't even come of age yet and already it's being squeezed by a newomer in utility computing: BIG, (or Broadband In Gas . ) Nethercomm, a San Diego California, USA-area start-up, says it has developed technology that uses UWB (ultrawideband) wireless signals to deliver broadband services through natural-gas pipes . Sounds kinda whacky, but Nethercomm claims it can send up to 10 gigabits per second to our homes and can do so with no plumbing mods to existing gas distribution systems . "It's kind of like those old ships where you used to talk into a pipe, and they'd hear the message at the other end," CEO Pat Nunally explained last year . "This is a cheap way to distribute broadband to everyone, without necessarily having to invest a whole lot of money . " A gasseous idea this, one that could sharply cut installations for companies dumping lots of money in broadband rollouts, but only if Nethercomm can persuade someone to first test it in a real-world environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . that hasn't happened yet . :lol:	SurferJoe46 (51)
484084	2006-09-12 02:51:00	BPL is unlikely to go past the initial tests . The notoriously slack FCC has actually taken action against the companies running some of the tests in the US . Power lines are useful for distributing power . They are not good transmission lines for RF carrying data . They radiate . This is not good for the huge community who use RF for communication . I suspect a similar problem will happen if the emphasis in the gas pipe project is on the aspect: "without necessarily having to invest a whole lot of money . "	Graham L (2)
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