Re: psychoceramics: Re: I have seen the future..... (fwd)

[Dave Pigott <davep @ harlequin.co.uk>]

Sorry, something got lost last time.

At 2:16 am +0100 17/10/97, Jack Lyons wrote:
>On Fri, 17 Oct 1997, David Fleck wrote:
>
>:Kook spammage or spam kookery?
>
>tectel.com is indeed llv.com, a big spam factory.
>
>Still, this "telecommunications breakthrough" stuff may be
>linked to recent (real) experiments which send digital data
>over common electrical lines, with the data using the AC as
>a carrier wave. Successful implementation would allegedly
>destroy the telecom business. Far from practical at this
>point, but theoretically possible. "Theoretically possible"
>being the classic kook hook, of course. Watch for more
>kookery with regards to this (cough) emerging technology.

A UK power company announced last week that it is providing internet
service through its power lines. As of now.

Not so kooky really.