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To: Ronald D. Stange who wrote (8926)	6/4/1998 3:08:00 PM
From: SJS	Respond to of 42804

Sorry Ron, I don't remember that item. Regards, PS: Try Mark Lewin on QWST thread, he might know...or SteveG (somewhere....)

To: Ronald D. Stange who wrote (8926)	6/4/1998 3:29:00 PM
From: WebDrone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42804

Ron over electric lines? I keep hearing about this- you must mean using the electric utility poles and right-of-way to string fiber, right? The way people say it, it seems like they mean using the existing copper, which is totally implausible. Basic communications engineering says it can't possibly work except at a tin-can-and-string level. Doesn't mean people won't pony up big bucks for yet another hair-brained scheme. Richard

To: Ronald D. Stange who wrote (8926)	6/4/1998 4:56:00 PM
From: Andrew Furst	Respond to of 42804

Ron, Northern Telecom (NT) was involved in trials last year to use electric lines to carry voice, etc as a rival to existing local telecom service. The tests took place in the UK, were reported on Nightly Business Report late last year. This seemed to hold a lot of promise - imagine if the electric utilities could deliver telecom services over their existing wires; the capacity for this is many times what local telecoms such as the Baby Bells deliver. I don't think they've gotten very far with it yet, or we'd have heard more about it by now. But if you want to follow up on this, be sure to check developments at Northern Telecom.

To: Ronald D. Stange who wrote (8926)	6/6/1998 9:25:00 AM
From: Steve Lee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42804

Ron, the trials in the UK involve an electricity company called Norweb (North Western Electricity Board). They have confirmed that they can provide internet access to households over the power lines themselves. I understand from local press here in the UK that they have had to change frequencies as the data has been causing disruption to emergency services radio frequencies. The story is that street lamps in the trial area have been acting as antennae and transmitting radio noise. full story can be found at: networknews.co.uk Select search and look in Network News for "Digital Power Line"