Re: tlug: Linux telecom nexus

[David Dibben <dibben@example.com>]

On 02-Jun-98 Karl-Max Wagner wrote:
> Sorry...I am a seasoned rf engineer and I would nuke anybody
> that came up with ideas like feeding signals in the megahertz
> range into a pair of unshielded telephone wires. Such people
> deserve to be roasted alive.


How about the idea of feeding the signals into the public electricity supply
system? There is an article in this weeks New Scientist
(http://www.newscientist.co.uk/ns/980530/news.html) about an alternative ultra
fast internet access system using the mains supply as the carrier. They claim
data transfer rates up to 1000 kbits/ second. Unfortunately, they found with
their trial system that streetlights connected to the same system turned into
antennas, broadcasting lots of rf!


David

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