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Broadband Over Power Lines: Coming Soon?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the believe-it-when-i'm-downloading dept.

Decaffeinated Jedi writes "With technology improving and costs droppings, News.com offers up an interesting report on renewed interest in delivering broadband Internet access via power lines (a technology known as BPL). Earlier this month, the Federal Communications Commission proposed a new set of rules for utility companies that might want to offer BPL services as a way to 'encourage broadband for the entire United States' -- particularly hard-to-reach rural areas. As the article notes, EarthLink has already started testing BPL service in using power lines leased in Wake County, North Carolina. Could cable and DSL face a new competitor in the broadband market in the near future?"

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  1. FP for Bush! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    1. Re:FP for Bush! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    2. Re:FP for Bush! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. Re:Similar article here... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please don't mod this troll up. Check out his posting history.

  3. DSL price should be dropped lower by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If "powerline" works, then DSL price should be cheaper.
    Right now, $34.99 using Verizon DSL is still expensive because there has been more than 3.0 million people got laid-off and many College Graduates don't have a job, which thanks to outsourcing...

  4. ...and costs droppings... by iminplaya · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I hope that's as easy to clean up as bird droppings

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    What?