By Hazimin Sulaiman HOMES and businesses will soon enjoy high-speed data through electricity powerlines.

By Andrew D. Smith, The Dallas Morning News Nov. 20--It weighs less than a hardback book and works from any electrical outlet. If you want to use your laptop in the upstairs bedroom rather than the downstairs study, you can move it as easily as you can a nightlight.

Trimax Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary, PLC Network Solutions Inc. (PLC) (OTCBB: TMXO), a leading provider of Broadband over Powerline (BPL) communication technologies, announced today that it has formed a strategic relationship with 3One Networks Inc.

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By Ken Belson New York Times News Service CINCINNATI -- The idea has been around for years. In Spain and elsewhere in Europe, utility companies have long offered high-speed Internet service to consumers over their power lines.