MPEC offers Internet access in Wroclaw

Wroclaw City Heating Power plant (MPEC) yesterday launched a network p roviding the town's citizens with high-speed Internet access and the s tock-listed company intends to compete with other providers in terms of price. "MPEC has constructed its network using fibre-optic cables and copper wire, which are a part of heating infrastructure. They allow data tran smission at the speed of 10 Mb per second or 100 Mb per second," said company spokesperson Mieczyslaw Piotrowski. Subscribers will also get an e-mail account with a capacity of 120 MB and the only technical requirement is a computer with Ethernet card. "Thanks to the development of such an infrastructure, Wroclaw will be among the top European cities offering Internet access. We are holding talks with a number of building co-ope ratives to monitor their neighborhoods," added MPEC President Marek Ra kowicz. (Parkiet, p. 3) M.M.