Where's the spark on power line Net?
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The NYT has an optimistic overview on broadband over power lines, calling it "the ultimate plug and play." [Broadband Blog]
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The latest MIT news flash could finally allow consumers to cut their power cords: A Massachusetts Institute of Technology research team has figured out how to wirelessly illuminate an unplugged light bulb from seven feet away.
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The (sort of) new IEEE 802.16 Metropolitan Area Network standard (MAN) promises to break the cable modem/DSL monopoly on the "last mile" of Internet connectivity to peoples' homes.    With ranges up to 30 miles and speeds up to 70 mbps it seems like a pancea.    While I suspect the actual usable speeds and distances will be considerably less, my real question is where is it?  This standard has been in the works for years.
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CASPER, Wyo. - An owl electrocuted itself in an electrical substation, briefly knocking out power to almost 23,000 customers in south Casper.  Margaret Oler, spokeswoman for Rocky Mountain Power, said the bird tripped the high-voltage line at 10:20 p.m.
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(InfoWorld) - Guns, saws, and some very dim-witted thieves were all apparently involved in a network blackout that affected Internet users, primarily in the northeastern United States, earlier this week. Cogent Communications said Thursday that a cable cut that occurred near Cleveland on Sunday night was caused by a saw, not by gunshot as first thought, but technicians struggling to replace the cut cable used a replacement cable that had been shot. Cogent was one of several operators affected through Monday evening when two-thirds of a mileÂ of cable was cut between Cleveland and the tiny town of Montville, Ohio. With more than 32,500 miles of fiber, Cogent is one of the largest network operators in the United States. Crews rushed in to fix the problem only to discover that their replacement cable had been damaged by gunshots. "The original cable was not shot, it was the replacement cable," Cogent said Thursday. "The original cable was cut with a saw of some sort. Police are speculating that the thieves thought the cable was made of copper." Copper prices have spiked in recent years, spurred in part by increased demand from China, and theft of all kinds of copper, including wires, has become common. Unfortunately for the Cleveland thieves, fiber-optic cable is made of glass fibers, not metal. Cogent did not name the service provider whose lines had been cut, but a source familiar with the situation said the lines are owned by Level 3 Communications. Level 3 did not return calls seeking comment. TeliaSonera lost the northern leg of its U.S. network to the cut, the company said. Grant Gross in Washington contributed to this story.
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Overheating hazard Netgear UK has asked anyone who owns and uses its XE103 85Mb/s powerline Ethernet adaptor to send them back - all 82,000 of the ones that it's sold here and elsewhere in Europe.â¦
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The Justice Department begins a nationwide crackdown against spammers. Also: The EU extends its review of Microsoft's deal with Time Warner & hellip;. Sprint finds a third cable partner to offer VoIP & hellip;. and more.
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By Larry Sandler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Sep. 14--A pair of major national companies are now in the running to build a wireless Internet network in Milwaukee, city officials say.   Milwaukee-based Midwest Fiber Networks also is still seeking to establish Wi-Fi service.
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Massachusetts utility regulators have issued a tentative approval for NStar Electric and Gas Corp.'s planned 18-mile, $200 million underground electric power line from Stoughton to Boston. The 345,000-volt line is intended to improve the reliability of power supplies in Greater Boston and potentially reduce electric rates by allowing more low-cost power from Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts to flow into ...
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LOWRY, S.D. - Walworth County Deputy Sheriff Chuck Davidson answers to a new nickname. "They're all calling me Sparky," said Davidson, whose patrol vehicle was hit by lightning. "I just feel sorry for my poor patrol car." Davidson was on U.S.
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Broadband over powerline (BPL) got a boost from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last week, but even as the technology begins deployments, it&#39;s unclear how much of a fight it will put up against DSL and cable.
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By Detroit Free Press  Feb. 18--Okay, I admit it. I'm confused.   A guy tells me he's doing radio on the Internet.   How can that be? The Internet comes to my house on a wire. That's not radio. Radio is wireless.   He tells me, "It's radio for the world.
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Wired NextFest shows how to get power from pond scum, pull cords and the wind. You'll also see how to save resources with a solar car, low-power computing and a self-reporting power cord. But wait, there's more....
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As you may recall from my last entry, I exchanged my cable box from a Scientific Atlanta 8000HD to a Scientific Atlanta 8300HD.  The latter, new box continues to output a signal from the cable connection even if I have it in HDTV mode.  It probably also continues to output AVI and S-Video.  This finally opened up a way for me to use my cable box with a MythTV box.   Thanks to a serious (and mysterious) spinal injury (I say mysterious because I haven't figured out how I did the damage), I can only work on the project for a half hour at a time, at most.  I have discovered some interesting things in those short segments.
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DS2 is one of dozens of CES vendors showing off powerline home networking over standard electrical wiring. But powerline isn't nearly as quick as WirelessHD, an emerging wireless home networking technology embraced by Panasonic.
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On Saturday evening, it's "Lights out San Francisco," where people will voluntary turn off lights for an hour. The aim is to raise awareness of light pollution and the energy wasted by lights left on.            Presented By     From Dell? Home!      &nbsp;&nbsp;The new Dell? Inspiron? 1520 notebook with hi-def widescreen and long-range wireless for only $799. Add mobile broadband for $150. Limited time offer. Click here. www.dell.com    Ads by Pheedo
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By Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Sep. 6--The spark of a train is the suspected cause of a wildfire near Eveleth on Tuesday, one of several wildfires reported in recent days as the Northland remains gripped in drought.   The fire was east of St.