john1290
join:2003-12-06
Reynoldsburg, OH
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Re: It's a joke, people.
said by DaneJasper  :You can't transmit a signal via gas. What're you going to do, make the gas wiggle in the pipe? They're not using gas, they're using the iron PIPE. |
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jimbo2150
join:2004-05-10
Youngstown, OH
| said by john1290 :said by DaneJasper :You can't transmit a signal via gas. What're you going to do, make the gas wiggle in the pipe? They're not using gas, they're using the iron PIPE. I would say they are using the gas, since they said metal or plastic, the signal could still get through. They also said that the gas has be be able to flow to the house (not completely cut-off by a valve) to work properly. So my guess is they are sending a type of 'electronic wave' through the gas to get there.
In short, if you get your gas shut off (not paying the bills?), your internet is shut off as well.
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dave
Premium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio
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said by john1290 :said by DaneJasper :You can't transmit a signal via gas. What're you going to do, make the gas wiggle in the pipe? They're not using gas, they're using the iron PIPE. If you read what they say, it's obviously not the pipe, and it's obviously wireless. I'm no radio engineer, but it sounds like the pipe acts as a waveguide.
Equally obviously, the gas is not essential to the wireless propagation, but nevertheless the signal does travel through the gas.
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It's what is known in radio as a Waveguide. Mostly used at microwave frequencies. |
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jimbo2150
join:2004-05-10
Youngstown, OH
| reply to dave
Reading their FAQ it says that metal or plastic pipe can be used, and that the signal can get through as long as the gas is not cut off (completely) by a valve. This would suggest that they are sending the signal 'through' the gas itself and using the pipe mearely as a containment vessel so that the signal does not leak out (like light bouncing though a fiber line).
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