(Photo: Mary, of the hummus from TPC's Mediterranean Madness)
Over 60% of the internet connections in the U.S. are now broadband, according to this article from the AP, up from 51% last year.
In a related story, a Japanese company is developing an electrical outlet that will double as a broadband connection. A very cool idea, considering that a power line only uses a tiny part of its potential bandwidth.
I follow this stuff, partially because I'm a recovering geek, and mostly because it affects decisions about the Desert Island Foods™.com website. BTW, I'll post a link to our first newsletter tomorrow, if you want to check it out over the weekend. It'll be short and sweet, I promise.
Okay, I'll admit it. I posted a picture of the hummus I made Saturday just so I could call this a food post. Try not to hate me, but I thought this was interesting. I said I was a recovering geek...
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Hey, that's my mortor. WHACK WHACK.
Broadband eh? We've had ours since about 1998 or so. It used to be crazy fast, I'd realize probably 800k per second.
But they capped it a few years ago and we're down to 250k per second, MAX. Which is still just fine, I spose. But I'm paying MORE now, 67 bux a month for a cable modem.
My wife said she's leave me if I cancelled it, so there's that. It is nice for home networks for sure. We've got 4 machines on it and about to add a 5th in a month or less.
Biggles
Nooooo. Don't let the machines outnumber you....
The computers are our friends, Ana.
Don't fear them, they may get angry...
Yay for geeks! Recovering or active!