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| -=M=- |
| man if you guys were smart you'd have done what melbourne has almost finished - create a citywide wireless internet service |
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| whiskers |
| "maam, no, even though the internet comes via the powerlines, do NOT attempt to plug the cable into the power outlet..." |
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| djSlain |
| yep, Broadband Over Powerlines (BOP) is what they call it. I heard abuot it last nite and supposedly it will hinder the emergency broadcast system. And usual, issues of privacy |
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| Ocean-Glow |
| Highly unlikely. Net would be pretty much free for everyone driving multimillion dollar companies down the drain, so they will do everething posible to prevent this :D |
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| Tranc3 |
| What about the magnetic field generated by the electric field? Wouldn't that scramble (a.k.a. corrupt) data packets? |
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| Dmatrox |
| quote: | Originally posted by Tranc3
What about the magnetic field generated by the electric field? Wouldn't that scramble (a.k.a. corrupt) data packets? |
good question anyone know?
| quote: | | man if you guys were smart you'd have done what melbourne has almost finished - create a citywide wireless internet service |
that fits with: | quote: | | major security issues |
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| smokeape |
| quote: | Originally posted by whiskers
"maam, no, even though the internet comes via the powerlines, do NOT attempt to plug the cable into the power outlet..." |
BWAHAHHAAAA! That made my day! Thanks.
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Smith & Pledger - Forever (Above & Beyond Mix) |
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| -=M=- |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dmatrox
good question anyone know?
that fits with: |
btw i wasnt kidding - one of my mates has been working for a company to make this melbournewide wireless internet for quite some time now... perhaps about 10 months or so? it should be finished soon... |
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| Dmatrox |
| quote: | Originally posted by -=M=-
btw i wasnt kidding - one of my mates has been working for a company to make this melbournewide wireless internet for quite some time now... perhaps about 10 months or so? it should be finished soon... |
i think wireless is a good idea, but people who build them, and especially people who use them should use caution. have you ever heard of wardriving? |
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| whiskers |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dmatrox
have you ever heard of wardriving? |
wardriving is defined as nothing more than just driving around and sniffing / plotting WAPs
besides, almost any WEP can be cracked... i have airsnort for linux and it should crack almost any WEP key, given enough packets... of course you need a load of packets - at least 5 million. that's about 2 hours of data gathering on a large, active network. on small networks it takes weeks. |
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| [ groovypants ] |
They call it "War-chalking" in the land down under [and also the UK?]. Also, 10 months is not a long time - the U.S. and many EU other countries have been playing with Wireless for YEARS.
We Aussies are 2 generations behind in terms of boardband Internet services. :( |
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