Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!UC.MSC.UMN.EDU!slevy From: slevy@UC.MSC.UMN.EDU ("Stuart Levy") Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Rumors about the death of the ARPANET Message-ID: <8804010208.AA03943@uc.msc.umn.edu> Date: 1 Apr 88 02:08:12 GMT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 4 It might not be that bad... the Bell System Tech. J. a few years ago had an article on supplying telephone power directly over the optical fiber, using LEDs and photocells. Efficiency was quite high -- photocells do a good job when they see light of the right wavelength. Stuart Levy