datafast trials broadband over powerline

11:05, Tuesday, 13 September 2005

Sydney - Tuesday - Sept 13: (RWE Australian Business News) -
Datafast Telecommunications Ltd (ASX: DFT) today announced the launch of
what it says is the world's first large-scale commercial trial of 200
Megabit Broadband over Power Line (BPL) technology, in conjunction with
Aurora Energy and Mitsubishi Electric.
BPL delivers ultraband Internet access at up to 200Mbps - speeds
vastly quicker than any DSL technology, dwarfing efforts to coax 24Mbps
from existing telephone lines with ADSL 2 and 2+.
The commercial trial is the first step in linking Aurora
Energy's extensive electricity network throughout Tasmania - nearly
25,000 kilometres reaching 250,000 homes and businesses - with leading
edge technology from Japan's Mitsubishi Electric.