Re: newsgroup: uk.comp.home.automation

["Mark McCall" <Mark@xxxxxxx>]

Tell me more!!!

M.


-----Original Message-----
From: Harrison, Mark (Alliance) <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Date: 27 September 1999 18:06
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: newsgroup: uk.comp.home.automation


>Ouch - don't ask nasty questions....
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark McCall [mailto:Mark@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: 20 September 1999 23:52
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [ukha_d] Re: newsgroup: uk.comp.home.automation
>
>
>Any news on this one anyone???
>
>M.
>
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>Name of proposed newsgroup: uk.comp.home.automation
>
>Newsgroups Line: For those interested in Home Automation in the UK (and
>Europe?)
>
>Newsgroup to be Unmoderated.
>
>Rationale:
>
>The newsgroup comp.home.automation has existed for some time, and
>currently attracts several thousand messages each week.
>
>However, the majority of these messages concern implementation of X-10
>products in a 110v environment. (X-10 was a British standard for home
>automation that subsequently caught on in America - since it uses
>modulation of the power lines to carry inter-device control signals,
>products are specific to a particular mains voltage/carrier frequency).
>This makes the comp.home.automation group of less interest to the UK
>audience.
>
>In addition, there has been a recent growth in interest in the UK media
>in "home automation" (for example the recent BBC "Dream
House" series,
>and growth in the membership of the UK chapter of CEDIA (the Custom
>Electronics Design & Installation Association.) This to me suggests
that
>the UK market place is beginning to move from "early adopter"
to "early
>mainstream".
>
>While these issues may also be said to extend to mainland Europe, the
>lack of a current widely-supported "euro." organisation means
that uk.
>is an appropriate hierarchy. The name uk.comp.home.automation has been
>chosen to model the existing comp.home.automation.
>
>Charter:
>
>uk.comp.home.automation is an unmoderated newsgroup for users and
>potential users of "Home Automation". Abusive and angry posts
should not
>be posted to the newsgroup, but commercial adverts are welcome provided
>they genuinely advertise products and services suitable for deployment
>in a UK environment.
>
>
>Mark Harrison
>European IT Manager, BP/Bovis Alliance
>Tel: +44 181 869 1439
>Fax: +44 181 423 7711
>SMTP: mark.harriso-@xxxxxxx
>
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