[Premium-Rx] BPLReport Predicts Rapid Growth For BPL-Access

[Peter Gottlieb]

http://www.nethercomm.com/

This is a company which does not "do" anything except collect patents and 
"monetize" them.  The technology is described as a private "air" space which 
they can transmit into.  Mains that are plastic are not supposed to be a problem 
as they are buried and thus shielded by earth.  They claim valves are not a 
problem as metal to metal valves aren't used (not sure about this) and plastic 
valves will let their signal through.

I am not convinced about their technology.  I am going to take a "show me" 
attitude toward this one.

Peter



GandalfG8 at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 26/06/2005 16:35:02 GMT Daylight Time, 
> w9ran at oneradio.net writes:
> 
>     Or in marketing terms, whether it provides the best value,
>     relative to the next best alternative -  which today includes  the  the
>     telephone, cable, and wireless ISPs   
> 
> Another "interesting" option was discussed in the "Whatever Next" column 
> of the RSGB's Radcom this month.
> A San Diegobased company called Nethercomm are supposed to have a 
> system, patents on the way, that will allow bandwidths in excess of 10 
> Gb using the natural gas distribution network.
> They claim this will allow "fully shielded" operation, thus avoiding the 
> noise problems associated with power line distribution.
> Since they also claim no changes are needed to the infrastructure other 
> than the addition of "hubs" and terminal equipment my first assumption 
> was that they intended to use the metal pipes etc as a form of 
> waveguide, although I hadn't quite decided how they'd deal with 
> significant size changes or sharp bends:-)
> However, having seen stacks of plastic piping by roadsides in the UK as 
> gas supplies have been updated over the past several years I can't help 
> but wonder what's going on here.
> Is it reasonable to assume that the gas distribution network in the US, 
> for example, is still "fully shielded" or are they perhaps just 
> suggesting threading fibre optic cables through the gas piping 
> regardless what it's made of?
> Anyone have any more information on this?
>  
> regards
>  
> Nigel
> G8PZR
>  
>  
>  
> 
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