From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 24 06:56:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C30316A420 for ; Wed, 24 May 2006 06:56:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Hartmut.Brandt@dlr.de) Received: from smtp-3.dlr.de (smtp-3.dlr.de [195.37.61.187]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11BDA43D46 for ; Wed, 24 May 2006 06:56:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Hartmut.Brandt@dlr.de) Received: from beagle.kn.op.dlr.de ([129.247.173.6]) by smtp-3.dlr.de over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 24 May 2006 08:56:56 +0200 Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 08:56:56 +0200 (CEST) From: Harti Brandt X-X-Sender: brandt_h@beagle.kn.op.dlr.de To: Mark Jayson Alvarez In-Reply-To: <20060524031429.86826.qmail@web51605.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20060524085521.T13833@beagle.kn.op.dlr.de> References: <20060524031429.86826.qmail@web51605.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 May 2006 06:56:56.0945 (UTC) FILETIME=[3F3E5E10:01C67EFF] Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone heard about Broadband over power lines??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Harti Brandt List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 06:57:00 -0000 On Tue, 23 May 2006, Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: MJA>Hi, MJA> MJA>A while ago, a group of individuals have demonstrated MJA>us with devices that can be used to extend your MJA>network throughout every corner of your company MJA>through the use of electric outlet... A quick googling MJA>tells me that such technologies are already existing MJA>long time ago and some Electric companies in other MJA>parts of the world also are now providing Internet MJA>services to their costumers at an added cost.. Do you MJA>know any ongoing opensource initiative regarding this MJA>technologies?? As somebody else said, that's a hardware thing. In any case there is an Austrian city (don't remember the name) where the provider is forced to put this down, because they cannot meet the requirements for off-band emission. harti