Internet Via Powerlines Round The Corner

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Chip maker giant Intel on Friday said it plans to start user trials for delivering internet connectivity over electricity lines. This is based on Intel’s HomePlug technology in line with the concept of powerline communication technology. 

 

Donald MacDonald, vice president and general manger, said at the Intel Developer Forum that the technical problems in delivering internet connectivity over power lines have been solved. Intel will link up with the Indian development centre in the next eight weeks to begin trials on the technology. 

 

“Powerline communication technology is the core of many new applications in the digital ecosystem and till date the trials of the homebuilder technology have been confined to US,” said MacDonald. 

 

The concept of powerline communication has been there for over a decade but was shelved for practical difficulties. If the technology works in Indian conditions that will go a long way in improving rural connectivity. 

 

Intel is also discussing with the Karnataka and Uttaranchal government on WiFi and WiMAX connectivity. With the government clearing the 2.4 Ghz and 5.1 Ghz frequencies for Wifi, Intel has increased the number of hotspots from 100 in 2003 to 1,500 in 2005. 

 

“The WiMAX forum has increased from 46 members to 330 which includes 115 service providers,” said Gali Singer, vice president and general manager, low power architecture and technologies group

ELECTRICITY lines might soon bring broadband into your premise. At the Intel Developer Forum, a two-day event held at Bangalore, Intel announced that trials were being held to test this concept in India.

Power lines can be used to transfer data with "speeds up to 200 mega bits per second (MBPS) for audio/video and 85 MBPS for data," according to Mr Donald MacDonald, Vice-President of Intel Communication, who spoke on `Enabling the digital lifestyle'.

Intel is part of the HomePlug Alliance, a US-based consortium of technology companies that has been working on this concept since 10 years. The alliance has developed an industry-standard specification for broadband-over-power line, which enables devices to be connected to each other and to the Internet within a home premise, using the electricity wiring.

According to Intel, this concept can similarly be used to provide homes with a broadband connection using their existing power line. Previously, implementation difficulties such as excess of electric noise posed hurdles until now, but have now been solved, said Mr MacDonald.

[ashoksoft 83]

Just what I was waiting for .... A Shocking connection!

[SexyGurl 0]

I honestly laughed, just at reading the topic.

I can't exit this topic, with less than a smirk.

Kamine .. april fool banane ki koshish kar raha hai

[anujit 0]

Its true this technology has been in the pipeline ever since ISDN was the "best new technology". But I don't think its come up much as a technology.

[rEdshiFt 1]

wow, this is fast... i JUST saw the click-online show on this... and its true

edit: 162mbps, stephen said.

Edited October 11, 2005 by rEdshiFt

[linuxguy 0]

Indian Powerline broadband! 1Mbps connection BUT only 500MB download cap per month! :|

[vb86 0]

I honestly laughed, just at reading the topic.

I can't exit this topic, with less than a smirk.

Kamine .. april fool banane ki koshish kar raha hai

43585[/snapback]

haha....ok, firstly this isnt april and secondly, i dont have the patience to make up all that crap....

[ashoksoft 83]

hmm ... so some people have really got shocked after they envisioned indian powerlines serving more than electricity... which is still off limits in some villages, where reliance data card is the league..

Cheers

Ashok

[anujit 0]

Yes Asshok thats right.

In villages where there is no electricity, farmers browse the net and check their email using laptops and their Reliance Data cards before running of to plow their fields!

[Utsav 0]

Yes Asshok thats right.

In villages where there is no electricity, farmers browse the net and check their email using laptops and their Reliance Data cards before running of to plow their fields!

   

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Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) recently finalised a broadband economy report: Vision 2010. All in all, it’s about the world looking at broadband in a big way!

Speaking of the FCC move, it has sought information on how the Commission should define advanced telecommunications capability, whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans, whether the current level of broadband deployment is reasonable and timely, and what actions, if any, can be taken to accelerate broadband deployment.

Interestingly, it’s not India alone that looks at international models before deployment of any new technology, be it direct-to-home broadcasting or broadband. The FCC too wants details on trends in other nations and how America’s deployment of advanced telecommunications capability affects its role in a global economy, according to a recent new release issued by the Commission.

Meanwhile, India’s vision, as per the CII report, is to make the country among the top five broadband countries in the world by 2010. To put things in perspective, the CII National Broadband Economy Committee has defined broadband as “an always-on network capable of providing interactive voice, data and video services on public networks". If you’re looking at speed, the committee has said that there should be at least two tiers of service. While the true broadband would be capable of providing minimum asymmetric bandwidth of 1.5 Mbps, a “lite” version would provide 256 kbps.

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[Mukul 0]

What would happen in the days of Power Cuts.

[abhay 0]

downtime

[vb86 0]

Yes Asshok thats right.

In villages where there is no electricity, farmers browse the net and check their email using laptops and their Reliance Data cards before running of to plow their fields!

   

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and how do they charge the notebook batteries?

[ashoksoft 83]

LOL !! Classy reply anujit ... had a good laugh myself!!!! but hey, did I say anything about a farmer ? I was considering some smart-a** whoz passing by a place, who can at least send a message accross as long as a connection to the MSC is possible..... And well I guess my lappy gives me about 5 hrs backup... long enuf to send a darn message.....

Cheers

Ashok

[Puneet 0]

and how do they charge the notebook batteries?    

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They have these small dynamos which they have attached to the bullock driven waterwheels, and while they water the fields their laptop batteries get charged for another bought of checking email and downloading copyrighted stuff

[vb86 0]

and how do they charge the notebook batteries?    

43771[/snapback]

They have these small dynamos which they have attached to the bullock driven waterwheels, and while they water the fields their laptop batteries get charged for another bought of checking email and downloading copyrighted stuff

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Do they also use low voltage centrinos to make the most out of their batteries?

[Ganesh 0]

copywrighted stuff

[manishag 17]

dude yesterday i wwnet to see the powerplant chharpur and i have found that in india most of the intrenet lines are through the power lines. yes this is true. wat they are doin is that most of the earthing and lightning protection wires on High Voltage Transmission line have optical fiber at the center which helps them to sense the faulty section. but most of the time these fiber optics are Idel so they r being used for communication links. BSNL kanpur itself is getting it from chakkarpur. they are selling the bandwidth at very cheaper rates but these ISPs charging us too much there manger informed me that they are charging BSNL 8 lakhs per annum for there 34 MBps line and BSNL ppls are charging us near about 40 Lakhs for that 34 Mbps line now see how much profit they are earning.

[rEdshiFt 1]

!!!

[Emmanuel 0]

dacoits

[linuxguy 0]

This is SENSELESS. Why does the government want to provide broadband connections in the villages when there is no electricity there in the FIRST place? Why don't they concentrate on ELECTRIFICATION and then BROADBAND??!! There is not even decent broadband in the cities which are supposed to the industrial / commercial / financial hubs of the country! and they want to "empower" the farmer! WTF will he do? Watch some *** before going to plough his fields?

[ashoksoft 83]

LOL Linuxguy ... could not control my laughter when I read this line "There is not even decent broadband in the cities which are supposed to the industrial / commercial / financial hubs of the country! and they want to "empower" the farmer! WTF will he do? Watch some **** before going to plough his fields?"

Ha ha ha ha .... Damn true !! now the govt wants the farmer to enjoy *ahem* some nice babe on a flatscreen !

LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLL still laughing! ROFL

[Sadikk 301]

ROFLMAO:D

[city02 63]

dude yesterday i wwnet to see the powerplant chharpur and i have found that in india most of the intrenet lines are through the power lines. yes this is true. wat they are doin is that most of the earthing and lightning protection wires on High Voltage Transmission line have optical fiber at the center which helps them to sense the faulty section. but most of the time these fiber optics are Idel so they r being used for communication links.

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44730[/snapback]

There is no data being delivered over power lines in this country other than lab/field tests.

Nothing in commercial production.

There seems to be confusion over data ON power lines and data WITH power lines:

The latter is simply running a parallel set of cables so there are no access/right of way issues to be renegotiated.

no new technology is required for this setup.

the big thing is actually sending data over electricity wires themselves which is a big deal...

huge cost savings on laying OFC etc.

[linuxguy 0]

Umm...with the amount of load shedding that the ENTIRE country sees, I think the broadband companies will have a ball! They can charge us 1 month's fee while we get to use the broadband only for a few hours when the power is on! But even during that time we will be busy doing things of greater importance.... This dumb government doesn't even have the brains to first sort out the ACUTE shortage of electricity. New Delhi, the capital of this "great country", itself faces HUGE power cuts so forget about that remote village even getting power let alone broadband....