What Do You Think Of (BPL) Broadband Over Power Lines
Sumamba Buwhan
13-04-2005, 19:44
I just learned about this technology and am kinda excited about it. Not being a ham radio operator I could care less about the interference it causes, although maybe I am being short-sighted about it.
Apparently Vegas is going to be one of the first markets it is implemented in. I wonder if it's gunna be cheap. Yay Vegas.
FAQ's
http://www.qrpis.org/~k3ng/bpl.html
Drunk commies reborn
13-04-2005, 19:46
If God had wanted us to have broadband internet over power lines computers would be born with the appropriate modems. It's an abomination in the eyes of the LORD.
UpwardThrust
13-04-2005, 19:50
I will have more time after my cryptography test in 12 minuets to reply but there are some MAJOR security issues with bandwidth overpower lines namely being in a sometimes large collision domain
(which both decreases stated performance) and also allows wide range line packet sniffing because the information is transmitted to all nodes
(sorry that’s all I can get into right now) Time to go figure out how to do an inverse matrix in modulus situation
I will have more time after my cryptography test in 12 minuets to reply but there are some MAJOR security issues with bandwidth overpower lines namely being in a sometimes large collision domain
(which both decreases stated performance) and also allows wide range line packet sniffing because the information is transmitted to all nodes
(sorry that’s all I can get into right now) Time to go figure out how to do an inverse matrix in modulus situation
Don't forget all the EM leakage--TEMPEST, anyone? You know how much extra foil that would take??? :D
Sumamba Buwhan
13-04-2005, 20:02
hmmm good point drunk commie
the rest of you are insane!
Seriously though, those are good points, and thanks - I didn't see that on teh FAQ's but then again I didnt read them all.
Robbopolis
14-04-2005, 02:36
Internet on power lines? Shocking!
UpwardThrust
14-04-2005, 13:28
http://www.itworld.com/Net/2572/NWW01040900636273/
Thats a start ... with the large size of the proposed token ring style quing could cause wait time issues.
Crackmajour
14-04-2005, 13:30
Its alredy being implement in the UK. Not been any complaints about it so far that I have heard of
UpwardThrust
14-04-2005, 13:32
Its alredy being implement in the UK. Not been any complaints about it so far that I have heard of
We have done an in depth study of it for a class last simester both the WAN and LAN implementations of it
There were some major issues but I dont have my class notes with me