IP: sending data packets through the power grid

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

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> But the strangest broadband ploy was announced Monday by German energy
> conglomerate Veba (VEB
> <http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/money/jump?u=fast.quote.com%2Ffq%2Fups
> idecom%2Fredirect&redir_type=button&redir_group=changemode&redir_key=mode&sy
> mbols=VEB>), which said it had teamed with a U.S. home networking firm to
> try sending data packets through the power grid and out electrical outlets.
> Veba claims it can use the power grid and still protect data security and
> that, with specialized modems, it can well exceed the roughly 60 kbps speed
> limit it has faced thus far