On Wed, 8 Oct 1997, Gary Jackson wrote:

> >Neil Harvey wrote:
> >>
> >> Maybe the water companies could step in on this, and use the pipes
> >> carrying water to and from houses to carry data :)
> >
> >No, you couldn't use the pipes they're grounded.  However water is an
> >interesting medium in and of itself.  Some interesting bandwidths can be
> >had using Ultra Low Frequencies.
> >
>
> The problem is that people like us that are on a well would be stuck with
> 384K from the electric company.
>
>
> Gary Jackson
> Nevada CSOS

Since you're in Nevada they could use a variation of "burst"
transmissions....they could modulate the frequencies of underground
nuclear test explosions.  Think of the bandwidth!  (However, you'd have to
wait several years between e-mail deliveries.)

Tracy Johnson
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