Re: UKNM: free local calls baloney

[Dorian Spackman]

Norweb's DPL (Digital Power Line Technology). Nice idea, however, speaking

as someone who did some work with Norweb in a previous life on this tech. it

doesn't work (yet). The maximum throughput of a power cable is 1Mb per sec.

utilising a small gadget that harnesses the interference to create data

streams. However, it also produces radio interference which the RA have been

averse to licencing and the sheer logistics of the network mean that it is

at the moment, impractical. You have a set up of somewhere around 250 homes

connected to one sub-station line, each with a share of 1Mb, connected 24/7.

If you work the maths out this means that each one is receiving 4kbps. Well,

maybe still better than some throughput we experience currently but then

each substation is currently connected back to the main node by microwave.


Need I say more?


Alternatively, try looking at third generation mobile 'phone technology,

2Mbps direct to the handset. Broadband multimedia while you walk, surely the

way forward!


Dorian Spackman

Business Development Director

Terra Nova Media Ltd.

doriansterranovamedia [dot] com

+44 (0)1784 410035

+44 (0)802 796468

www.terranovamedia.com


Terra Nova Media - The Digital Frontier


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