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[rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au]

> [IP Phone Ohm?  Short circuit your ISP?  Volt farce for Telcos?]

Telcos Unphased by Competition? sorry...

I'll be interested to see if the "biggie" of radio interference re-emerges
during the trial.

Say ... how do you protect a high-frequency receiver from lightning strike on
its communication line?

RC


Quoting Roger Clarke <Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au>:

>
> [Interpretations at end of message]
>
>
> Plug in and play net trial
> The Sydney Morning Herald
> By Kirsty Needham
> September 14, 2005
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/plugandplay-net-trial/2005/09/13/1126377318847.html
>
> Suburban power lines and the humble electricity socket will be 
> transformed into a cutting-edge, high-speed internet network during a 
> trial in Tasmania that will allow residents to plug a modem into 
> their home power point.
>
> Participants in the commercial trial of "broadband over power line" 
> technology will have access to internet services through the 
> electricity network.
>
> The state's Minister for Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, Bryan 
> Green, announced the plan yesterday, saying it would begin with about 
> 500 connections in Hobart and northern Tasmania and, if successful, 
> be expanded to 250,000 Tasmanians.
>
> A telecommunications analyst, Paul Budde, said it was a world-first 
> commercial trial. "It is absolutely a threat to Telstra because it is 
> the first time that you can really see infrastructure-based 
> competition."
>
> Because the poles and wires are already there, the cost of power 
> companies offering a rival broadband service to Telstra is reduced.
>
> The technology also offered benefits to people living in the urban 
> fringe, and around regional cities because it was of higher quality 
> than ADSL, he said.
>
>
> [IP Phone Ohm?  Short circuit your ISP?  Volt farce for Telcos?]
>
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