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Calif. agency OKs broadband via power lines test
By Larry Hendrick | April 28, 2006
BPL (broadband over power lines) is a technology that keeps getting touted as a potential “last mile” alternative, but every test I have read about has failed in several points.
The service appears to work, but is not a cost effective way to deliver Internet Service. It was tested in Houston for a time and the press release by Reliant Energy just said it wasn’t a product they would pursue.
Calif. agency OKs broadband via power lines test | Reuters.com
CPUC commissioner Rachelle Chong, who drafted the plan, said broadband over power lines, or BPL, could become a new competitor to Internet services delivered via telephone, cable and satellites and help reduce prices for consumers.BPL uses existing utility lines delivering power to neighborhoods to carry broadband signals into homes.
It has been touted by equipment makers and regulators as a possible competitor to cable and telecommunications services, which handle almost all of the roughly 40 million U.S. residential broadband connections.
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