Earthlink Invests In Broadband Over Power Lines

prostoalex writes "Earthlink dedicated $500,000 to delivering broadband connections over power lines by launching a test drive of the technology with Progress Energy in North Carolina. 500 homes involved in the projects can sign up for promotional pricing of $20/month, which after 3 months will be changed to $50/month. No word on bandwidth provided, but Ambient Corp., which provides technology for the project and accpeted EarthLink investment, claims data rates exceeding 10 Mpbs."

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Submitter forgot to RTFA

[Anonymous Coward]

The price after the first three months is $39.95, not $50.

Re:Bandwidth Capping

[cubic6]

If they advertise 10Mbps service, then they should at least have enough bandwidth to provide the *advertised service* to more than half their customers. If I pay for XMbps but I get hassled and threatened when I actually try to use that much, then there's something wrong. If they can't back it up, they shouldn't advertise.

Re:Bandwidth Capping

[the_2nd_coming]

excuse me, but getting a bandwidth is not the same as unlimited downloading.

you are given unlimited internet access, you are guaronteed a level of bandwidth, but you are not guaronteed unlimited downloads, so they can ned your access or retard it if you begin to take an in ordinate amount of bandwidth on the system.

its allin the fine print.