RemoteWorkPower^TM

Bidirectional 100 Mbps Internet via Power Lines

U.S. Patent Pending, 2003, Remote Work Central, Inc.
Application Number 60/477,265. Foreign filing license granted.

The Proposition

Remote Work Central plans to enable bidirectional 100Mbps Internet service through 50 Million power distribution systems transformers worldwide within the next three years. This will be done through licensing of the patent rights to the technology to manufacturers directly and through joint ventures.

The transformer bypass is accomplished using wireless technology to provide maximum, safe, isolation between the medium and low voltage powerline circuits. End-user connectivity is via low voltage power (e.g. 110 VAC HomePlug modems).

The “wireless transformer bypass for power line communications” U.S. Patent Pending completely eliminates the risks associated with coupling high-speed broadband between the medium and low voltage powerlines. All other methods of bypassing the transformer and coupling with the low voltage circuit have a non-trivial risk of shock and legal liability. Inductive and capacitive couplings run the risk of foreign object damage, and fiber optic isolation the risk of flashover from salt and water.

The Market

Consumer adoption of broadband has not reached the level of availability due to the lack of overall bandwidth with the current broadband infrastructure.¹ The current broadband instructure has resulted in a 300 kbps limitation in a variety of applications.² Approximately 4.4 percent of U.S. households and 10.7 million American homes with Internet access have broadband, typically at speeds of only 400 Kbps or less.³ In situations involving virtual private networking (VPN), such as with teleworking and telehealth, some applications are rendered useless due to this slow infrastructure speed as compared to local area networks.

Many of the applications that would appeal to consumers have yet to be created because the infrastructure bandwidth does not support their use. For example, high definition video requires 19.8 Mbps; DVD-quality video requires 4 to 6 Mbps; and television quality requires 750 kbps or more.⁴ Providing homes with data speeds comparable to those available in offices in order to facilitate telecommuting will require speeds of 10 Mbps.⁵

Many experts have defined 100 Mbps as the speed at which the Web's true potential can be achieved, by enabling faster surfing to streaming of high-quality digital audio and video, as well as faster upload of graphic images and large files.⁶ For example:

• Entertainment - 100 Mbps Broadband will bring consumers a range of new entertainment technologies, including high-definition video over the Internet, CD-quality Internet radio, file sharing to enable swapping of home videos and photographs, Web-based delivery of movies and large software and sophisticated, realistic online games.
• E-Learning – The ability to provide rich multi-media content, on-line testing, and other sophisticated learning tools and to do so independent of income or location is dependent on broadband. E-learning can have a tremendous impact on children and individuals in remote locations or disadvantaged communities and those with physical or mental impairments that require specialized approaches to learning.
• National Security - 100 Mbps Broadband can provide a more effective homeland security system through real-time interagency coordination, monitoring and mobilization. In addition, a broadband infrastructure characterized by multiple carriers, multiple facilities and decentralization is resilient and reliable in the event of disruption. And when disruptions do occur, broadband supports rapid response by enabling communications and work to continue seamlessly from homes and other remote locations.
• Teleworking - With data access at home as fast as the office, and videoconferencing from home an affordable option, people will be able to work more productively from home or other remote locations -- reducing traffic congestion, alleviating pollution, reducing dependence on foreign oil and improving quality of life -- generating potentially enormous cost-savings to society.
• Telehealth - Sophisticated videoconferencing can enable leading doctors to treat patients in the most remote regions of the planet, helping to reduce costs and provide better services to even the most rural regions in the world. In addition, "Telehomecare" or "Home Telehealth" services extend regular health care to homebound patients, including a combination of doctor-patient videoconferences, remote monitoring of vital signs, and remote-control use of diagnostic instruments. In addition to saving travel time and costs for home-care doctors and nurses, these services decrease bedtime for patients.

100 Mbps Broadband will have an enormous impact on the global economy

100 Mbps Broadband has the potential to revolutionize significant markets, including shopping, education, home entertainment and medicine -- with potentially enormous benefits. A recent study estimated that widespread adoption of 100 Mbps broadband could result in up to $500 billion in annual benefits to the U.S. economy.⁷

100 Mbps Broadband access is particularly critical to the growth and success of small and medium-sized businesses, by enabling them to compete with larger or more established companies in marketing and access to the global marketplace.

The Team

RemoteWorkPower^TM will add additional value to the Licensees, Joint Ventures and their Value Added Resellers by leveraging the expertise of the Remote Work Central team in product marketing, project management and support. The team consists of the following individuals:

Chief Executive Officer. Providing telework solutions worldwide. Over 25 years of technical and business experience in the electronics, software, health and financial industries. Has provided critical management advice to major companies such as Siemens, UnitedHealth Group, Sun Microsystems, Visa International, The Vanguard Group of Investment Companies, MCI, Chrysler and Rockwell Telecommunications.

Power Line Broadband Consultant. Partner with a solutions company focused on serving the utility industry with needed resources and services to ensure successful implementation and operations of power line communications networks. Network solutions offered include infrastructure development, network integration, and enterprise operations. In addition, also supports client efforts by delivering professional services that include strategy management, business and technology intelligence, and consulting services.

Chief Information Officer. Twenty years solid software development with Texas Instruments' Defense Systems and Electronics Group (now part of Raytheon) and Hewlett-Packard's High Performance Computing Lab. Formerly software consultant for BMC Software (System Management) and S.W.I.F.T. (Financial Transactions).

Director of Marketing. Developing and establishing satellite based telework solutions across the world. Identify and develop standard solutions for repeat and rapid market penetration. Previously application development manager for client server systems at NIBCO, a Fortune 500 company in the Midwest. While at IBM, responsible for establishing emerging markets for Artificial Intelligence development tools for the Midwest Region. Career at IBM spanned 10 successful years, marketing and implementing cost effective IT solutions.

Director of Wireless Communications. Has operated a wireless ISP (WISP) providing service in underserved rural communities in the Pacific Northwest since 1997. Was one of the first ISP operators in the country to put together a wireless DSL network. Offers wireless access in a footprint of 2,100 square miles, in addition to dial-up access, DSL, fiber to the home/office and IT consulting services. Previously in the Air Force, was a linesman working on high voltage electrical systems.

Director of Satellite Communications. Recently Director of New Business Development for a subsidiary of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. Instrumental in the launching of numerous data, television and radio satellite network services. While there, was also Manager of Engineering over the Chicago International Teleport for 14 years. Was directly responsible for the Teleport design, construction, implementation, maintenance, all critical circuits and systems including IP VSAT, telephony, broadcast video, radio and data networks. The Chicago International Teleport is regarded as one of the premier Teleport facilities in the United States, providing service to WGN and serving over 120,000 end users.

Footnotes:

1. TechNet news release, "A National Imperative: Universal Availability of Broadband by 2010", http://www.technet.org/news/newsreleases/2002-01-15.64.pdf
2. PC World, " Broadband Hits the Speed Limit - Even with broadband use increasing, 300 kbps is about all you can find on the Web", April 18, 2000
3. Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council, "Broadband: Bringing Home the Bits", (prepublication copy), 2002.
4. Comments of Intel Corporation, In the Matter of Inquiry Concerning the Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Capability to All Americans in a Reasonable and Timely Fashion, and Possible Steps To Accelerate Such Deployment Pursuant to Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
5. Testimony of Corning Incorporated, House Energy and Commerce Committee, April 25, 2001.
6. Consumer Electronics Association, "100 Mbps and Beyond: Bringing Consumers High-Speed Access", 2001.
7. Robert W. Crandall and Charles L. Jackson, "The $500 Billion Opportunity: the Potential Economic Benefits of Widespread Diffusion of Broadband Internet Access", July 2001.