Hi Roi,

>>I just heard an ad here for Southern Link, a new communications company advertising everything from cell service, internet service to local phone, from the Georgia Power people.
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>I've heard that is coming. Run everything over the current electrical lines. You just plug the power cord from you TV into the wall and get elec, telephone, cable, hi-speed internet, etc.. plus it can talk to anything else plugged into your house, stove, fridge, elec. blanket, toothbrush.
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Yep, I read a few months back that Nortel is experimenting with this in Europe. Something about their transformers serving far more people per than the standard here, making such trials more economical.

Cheers

Jim N


>The future's coming, where'd I put those shades ;)
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>>How about Electro-DSL over the 50,000-volt high-power lines? < g >
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>Hehe, although the big lines on the hi-towers run in the millions of volts. Zzzttt.