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Started by Jyce
Tue, 27 Jun 1995 00:00
any info on telecommunications via railway infrastructure?
Author: Jyce
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 00:00
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 00:00
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I'm doing research for a project in Mexico and would appreciate any help available. back in february, i ran across an article on the net about how europe is using its combined railway infrastructureto lay fiber optic cable and microwave transmission systems and turn it into a telecommunications network. according to the article, northern telecom and a group called hermes were involved. unfortunately, i haven'tbeen able to find out any more information so i'm wondering if anybody that follows railroads would know anything about the development of the system and the firms involved. thanks! __________________ Jose Canedo International Suppliers Inc. 25+ yrs. experience internat'l government sales ranging from screws to aircraft. e-mail: jose@riter.computize.com
Re: any info on telecommunications via railway infrastructure?
Author: Nick Leverton
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 00:00
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 00:00
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In article <jose.140.00102985@riter.computize.com> jose@riter.computize.com (Jyce) writes: >I'm doing research for a project in Mexico and would appreciate any help >available. > >back in february, i ran across an article on the net about how europe is using >its combined railway infrastructureto lay fiber optic cable and microwave >transmission systems and turn it into a telecommunications network. > >according to the article, northern telecom and a group called hermes were >involved. ... That was of course how Mercury in the United Kingdom got their network up and running, by laying fibre optic cables in the ducting alongside what were then British Rail tracks. The initial network formed a large loop, which I think ran London-Bristol-Birmingham-Glasgow-Edinburgh-York- London (though I also have conflicting memories of it being a figure-of- eight configuration). Strange ! I can't now remember the year when Mercury started operations. I do remember what high hopes we had from them in early days ... Nick [crossposted and followups to m.t.r.m and uk.telecom]
Re: any info on telecommunications via railway infrastructure?
Author: Douglas W. Jones,201H MLH,319335...
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 00:00
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 00:00
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From article <jose.140.00102985@riter.computize.com>, by jose@riter.computize.com (Jyce): > back in february, i ran across an article on the net about how europe is > using its combined railway infrastructureto lay fiber optic cable and > microwave transmission systems and turn it into a telecommunications > network. You might check with the Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Telephone folks, generally known to the public by their acronym, SPRINT (a well known long distance carrier in competition with AT&T). They've clearly demonstrated how this can be done in North America. Doug Jones jones@cs.uiowa.edu
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