[Info-vax] OpenVMS Finally Comes to x86, x64

[johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk]

On Apr 1, 2:12 pm, GLT <gltack... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > And on scrutinizing the Release Notes: Support is announced for the EQA
> > network device, that allows Ethernet to run over common household water
> > pipes, thus allowing communities in less developed areas to use this
> > cheap infrastructure.
>
> There have actually been some news stories about a company called
> Nethercomm that is planning to do ultra-fast "last mile" networking
> via natural gas lines, using them as a waveguide. I've found some news
> stories on them from 2005 and 2006, but nothing recent.
>
> Emediawire.com has a link to a PowerPoint deck that's pretty
> interesting (it's marked "company confidential" though). I've
> TinyURL'd the link lest it get mangled:
>
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/d3nox2
>
> The full link ishttp://www.emediawire.com/prfiles/2005/05/03/236328/nethercomm.pps

In the UK a small company until recently called H2O Networks
reportedly really is using water pipes for "last mile" broadband
delivery; allegedly their first 50 customers have just been 'cabled
up' in Bournemouth on the south coast. OK the pipes they're using are
the sewers in the streets, and what they're doing is putting fibre in
the sewers and heaven knows what between street sewer and customer
premises (hard facts aren't easy to find), but it is very definitely
money down the drain.