Marvell's SheevaPlug
Two years ago, I discovered PowerLine networking and have used it ever since, first to cover a CAT5E "dead spot" in my Colorado house, and more recently to finesse Wi-Fi outages at Carol's sister's house. The Linksys PLE200 Ethernet bridges work fantastically well within our house, and have sufficient bandwidth to stream HD video. With one unit ( Read more... )
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I've used both Netgear and Devolo versions around the hospital for short-term connectivity and neither will work across phases - not too surprising, really, bearing in mind the frequencies involved. The signal will not, however, get through an electricity company meter, so the relatively weak security is less of an issue.
We use MCBs (magnetic circuit breakers) around the house and the signal seems to get through those OK.
Oddly, the new 200Mbit/sec widgets seem more robust in terms of range and interference.
As to fiction about pirate radio, how about 'The Boat that Rocked' a comedy about the original pirate radio station ships in the North Sea in the 1960's:
http://www.theboatthatrocked.co.uk/
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