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To: Jon Matz who wrote (31)	3/26/2001 10:13:45 AM
From: Francois Lavoie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39

From the Ottawa Citizen: Data to flow through electrical outlets Hans Greimel, with files from Vito Pilieci of The Citizen Associated Press; The Ottawa Citizen HANOVER, Germany -- Starting this summer, every electric socket in your home will be able to delivers phone calls, e-mail and even video. That's what a group of companies promised at CeBIT, the huge computer and technology fair in Germany, with a Florida firm saying the technology will hit stores as early as June. An Ottawa firm developing similar technology, Cogency Semiconductor, says that's optimistic, but only a little. Intellon of Ocala, Florida, has created adapters that allow people to plug a regular phone line into a regular power outlet, turning the home's electrical wiring into a miniature local area network. Using a second adapter, users can then plug in other phones, a computer, or fax machine into another wall socket and receive data over the existing electrical wiring. Intellon chief executive Horst Sandfort says the company will sell PowerPacket adapters in quantities of "hundreds of thousands" this June for roughly $100 U.S. a piece. Ron Glibbery, president of Cogency, which makes the semiconductors that allow the technology to function, said: "You will see these products within the next few months. "While June sounds a little aggressive, I would definitely say this will be available some time this summer." The powerline technology is catching on across North America and Europe and could turn local electrical companies into competition for global telephone companies.