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
>
>
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