Human Body for Broadband Networking

A Japanese communications company called NTT claims they can send data over the surface of skin at speeds equivalent to a fast broadband data connection using a technology they call RedTacton. IBM pioneered the idea of the human body as a conduit for data in 1996 with a system that could transfer small amounts of data at low speeds, but RedTacton is the first practical system because it doesn't need transmitters to be in direct contact with the skin. The transmitter can be built into gadgets or carried in bags and work within 20 cm of your body. The supposed benefit to body-based networking over radio-based personal area networking technologies is that the body-based networking is more secure. I'm interested in seeing how this technology plays out, and if it will become an important technology in everyday life.