Wet String as a Broadband Connection - it works!

[engine]

Yes, somebody's been experimenting with a broadband connection over wet string, and they managed to get 3.5mbps.

If this was April 1 i'd be sceptical, but, no, they got it working.

There's no intention to make this a commercial project.

[bbc.co.uk...]

[keyplyr]

How wet is a piece of string?

[tangor]

Now all they have to do is make it possible over ordinary plumbing, which would include many rural areas from the get go.

[LifeinAsia]

Now all they have to do is make it possible over ordinary plumbing,

This would actually make sense, considering that much of the stuff on the Internet is crap anyway...

[ipco]

Now all they have to do is make it possible over ordinary plumbing, which would include many rural areas from the get go.

Connection via Roto-Router ?

[blend27]

Would not work in my Neck of the Pipes, too many old-timers pushing old-dirty-dipers and such down the pipe; based on a real life experience of witnessing a neighbors grandpa trying to flash-down a spoiled bucket of "Sweet Italian Sausage With Penne Pasta" down a John, True Story.