Forgot your password?  Comment: Re:Start your own provider?
(Score 1) 353  by edgr (#44787519) Attached to: Ask Slashdot:
How Do You Fight Usage Caps?  And that's just for ONE person
without any file sharing; imagine a house full of people that
actually use their technology. But sometimes nice things are
nice to have...  And there is no reason why a single person
using their internet fairly sporadically should pay the same as
a house full of people streaming HD video 24x7. Nice things are
nice to have, but why should someone else pay for them?
Comment: Re:Privacy issue in Europe (Score 1) 684  by edgr
(#40531133) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Are Smart Meters Safe?
Yep, see for example Nonintrusive appliance load monitoring.
It's possible to identify common appliances reasonably well
using the size of changes to power consumption and, depending on
the smart meter hardware used, the shape of the power-usage
curve (e.g. the brief initial surge when turning on compact
fluorescents). It's not perfect but it's not t