Posts by armitasp

Government hails superfast broadband deal for new homes

Re: Still building mud and sticks.

washing machine in the bathroom. WTF.

240v 13 Amp device in an area with lots of water. Given that the socket would need to be 3m away from zone 1, you are going to need a decent sized bathroom (even then it is not a good idea). Also bathrooms tend to be on the first floor, so now you have to carry a washing machine upstairs. Also the reverberation through the wooden joisted floor would permeate most of the house (nice)!

I think I'll stick the washing machine in the kitchen thanks.

Internet daddy Vint Cerf blasts FCC's plan to ban Wi-Fi router code mods

Re: Software vs Firmware

some kit has software defined radios as this makes region coding much easier (and more often cheaper). Also those that don't have software defined radios still need to support lots of channels (as the different regions allow different channels). The US, ETSI, China and Japan frequency requirements are all different.