Time: Fri Dec 12 16:33:57 1997 To: Nick Ashton <nickaa@citycom.com> From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Power surge for Net access (fwd) Cc: Bcc: sls References: This was Tesla's dream: transmit the power AND the data signal from the same power source. His design would have produced static-free radios, which received their power from the broadcast tower on a noise-free wave form. /s/ Paul Mitchell, Candidate for Congress http://supremelaw.com At 03:43 PM 12/12/97 -0500, you wrote: >Power surge for Net access > > New system could boost Net access in schools > > A joint British-Canadian project to connect homes and > businesses to the internet via electricity power lines has > successfully launched its first trial in northern Britain. > > The first user of the revolutionary system is a British > primary school in Manchester. > > The system is 10 times faster than using conventional > telephone lines and is permanently connected to the > Internet. > > > "The new system means > information arrives virtually > instantaneously, thereby > maximising teaching time," > said Jenny Dunn, the head > teacher at Seymour Park > Primary School. > > "With a normal connection, > the children could lose > interest waiting for pages to > download." > > The new technology has been developed by Nortel of > Canada and Norweb of Britain. They will market the > system next year and it should be available to the > general public by the end of 1998. > > > Mark Ballett, managing director of > Norweb Communications, said: "This > technology will allow us to use > existing infrastructure to establish a > strongly differentiated service offering > in the north west residential and small > business market." > > The two companies said they had received over 150 > inquiries about the system and were in detailed > discussions with 30 utility companies around the world. > > Peter Dudley, a vice president of Nortel, said: "Speed of > access remains a bottleneck for most users. As one of > the first practical low cost answers to the problem of > high speed access to the Internet, this new technology > will unleash the next wave of net growth." > > Norweb and Nortel unveiled the patented technology in > October. The system prevents electrical currents from > distorting Internet signals and other computer data > transmitted over the mains. > > With permanent access to data that travels directly from > the power mains into homes at speeds of up to one > megabit per second, the system heralds the first rivalry > between electricity and telecoms companies. > > > > >Respectfully, >Nick Ashton >The American Agenda >Web Site. http://www.americanagenda.com > > >********************************************** >To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: > majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com >with the message: > subscribe ignition-point email@address >or > unsubscribe ignition-point email@address >********************************************** >http://www.telepath.com/believer >********************************************** > >
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