Gas utility companies for telecom access?

[Adam Creed]

Hi Robin
I don't have the technical knowledge myself but haven't Energis in the UK
been doing this over the former National Grid for several years now? I
believe the UK's largest ISP, Demon,
also uses them for Internet access using vPOPs provided over the Energis
network. Energis is a subsidiary company of Powergen - the new owners of the
grid.
Regards
Adam

At 16:47 11/9/96 +0000, you wrote:

>This "data via the power wires" idea keeps resurfacing, but unless 
>restricted to very low data rates - for instance a few thousand bits 
>per second for the entire system - then I cannot see it being viable.