IP: Re:sending data packets through the power grid

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> Subject: Re: IP: sending data packets through the power grid
> Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 23:58:51 -0500
> From: "Mike O'Dell" <mo () UU NET>
>
> nortel has had power line modems working for quite a while,
> but they are economically viable only in europe.  because
> of the higher-voltage/lower-current system, the ratio of
> houses to service transformers is very much higher, so
> the cost per subscriber is much less than it would be in the US
> where the number of houses served by secondary transformers
> is much, much smaller
>
>         -mo