On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 16:47:31 -0500, "Dave VanHorn"
wrote:

| And they're going to supply me with high speed Internet over the same
| wires?
|
|Those 60kV twisted pair lines are on order

Could be

Back in the 80's, per my specifications, my employer bought some
partial-discharge (corona) test equipment from the James Biddle
Company.

I took a one week long course at their facility on the theory and
practice of partial discharge testing. There were about a dozen
students from various companies in attendance.

One of them was a fellow from Canada who had owned his own cable
manufacturing company, sold it and was then a consultant for the
company. They manufactured HV coaxial cable for power transmission.
I learned that many islands get their power from mainlands via
underwater lines.

Today, coax lines rated to 400 KV are not uncommon. Keep that in mind
if you want to QRO