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To: [log in to unmask] In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> X-Mailer: SPRY Mail Version: 04.00.06.17 COMPANY FINDS MAGNETIC APPEAL IN USING POWER LINES FOR DATA Electrical companies are still working out the kinks inherent in using power lines to carry Internet data, but Media Fusion of Dallas, Texas, thinks it has the answer. Rather than piggybacking the data on electricical current, it uses the magnetic field created by the electricity to guide a microwave signal that travels outside of the cables. William Stewart, Media Fusion's chief scientist, says the system can transmit multiple megabytes of data per second, compared with a transmission rate of about 1 megabyte per second via the electric current. Media Fusion plans large-scale testing of its system, using fiber-optic lines to feed Internet data to control centers at electrical substations, where it's then translated into microwave pulses that are sent to a user's power line modem. (New Scientist 25 Dec 99) <http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19991225/newsstory6.html> <http://www.newsscan.com/>