So what you're saying is that unless every transmitter in the country is replaced, it'll never happen?
> -----Original Message----- > From: C Falconer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, 3 December 2002 12:31 > To: Linux Users Group > Subject: RE: Bandwidth [OT] (Was: Distributions) > > > Yes - The theory is that the data is encoded onto the power line at a > frequency well above the 50 Hz of AC power, somewhat like the way DSL is > above the frequency of normal telephone conversations. > > However afaik the problem is that no electrical equipment has been > designed with data-over-power in mind, so it could only be used reliably > between the house and the end of the road power transformer. > > X10 control uses the same technique inside a house, but even then its > not guaranteed to work. > > On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 12:31, Steve Bell wrote: > > I have heard of a something under testing and development (in NZ) at > > present - I heard it referred to as "darklining", which I understand is > > using power lines to carry high speed internet access with the > purpose of > > supplying high speed access cheaply to rural customers. > > > > Or of course, I could have just been a supreme sucker, being taken for a > > long ride with a big ball of wool over my eyes. Anyone else > heard of such? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: C Falconer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, 3 December 2002 12:17 > > > To: Linux Users Group > > > Subject: Re: Bandwidth [OT] (Was: Distributions) > > > > > > > > > What kind of net access does the primary school there have? > > > > > > Their home page is gone-away - http://www.chch.school.nz/westmelton/ > > > > > > Yuri - how about becoming a test site for long haul SSR - find someone > > > in Yaldhurst to be a repeater node :-) > > > > > > On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 12:07, Yuri de Groot wrote: > > > > Thus spake Paul on this Tue, 03 Dec 2002 : > > > > ] just build your house as one giant antenna :) > > > > > > > > I ain't rebuilding my house - my marriage is too important :-) > > > > > > > > ] surely TC have a solution for you Yuri > > > > > > > > No company will ever lay cable to rural areas > > > > unless bound to do so by some contract with the > > > > gummint (e.g. kiwishare). > > > > > > > > Telecon won't bother with adsl in rural areas. > > > > TelstraClear wouldn't be able to justify laying > > > > hundreds of km of cable per potential customer. > > > > > > > > Wireless solutions look like my only option. > > > > > > > > Yuri > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
