crumas2 on 30 May 2008
| endimion said: well I found not so long ago an external HDD with 2 500gb disc in RAID for less than 250 dollars... now about connection speed... true for north america... it's one of the worst install base of high sped connection I have seen in a developed country.... I think I haven't seen a dial up connection in the past 5 years.... only in NA.... once again we can get high speed DSL connection 20MBPS with free phone and free TV for 30 euros a month..... here I have a 3MBPS cable connection with no TV no phone for 40 bucks.... so that explain why..... that's probably due to the size of the country.. it's way easier to equip a country like france than USA.... especially in remote places... but with time or new technologies it will come here too.... I don't know about the legislation over that....but Power Line Communication is a good technologies to achieve that fast..; I know In france the power companies can't use it for legal issues... but I don't know about USA or NA in general.... for people who doesn't know what it is.. it's basically Internet through your power line... so virtually any place in USA is already equipped.... and almost every room has an outlet.... here is a link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_line_communication |
Powerline comm is already in place in certain "test" areas. The big challenge there is condition of the lines, different transmission equipment, etc.
EDIT: forgot the biggest hurdle of all... SW-radio interference.
