Texas to Get Broadband Over Power Lines

mrops writes "CNet is reporting that Texas will soon be getting broadband over power lines. From the article, "Broadband service over power lines (BPL) is not a new technology. People have been experimenting with building communication networks over power lines since the 1950s. But it hasn't caught on due to its low speed, low functionality and high development cost." Unfortunately this technology matured a bit too late and has been subdued by recent rush of wi-fi products. The technology has a lot of potential and wi-fi black zones are not an issue in simple home setups."

Comments

Paging Glen Campbell

[ackthpt]

I am a lineman for the county.
And I've heard about SCO
I'm lookin' at a Sun, I see another overload.

I hear you trolling in the wire.
I can see RMS whine.
And a slashdotting in Houston,
Will saturate the line.

You will NEVER see this in Texas

[Anonymous Coward]

The broadband-over-oil-pipeline lobby will kill this dead.

Re:What about ameteur radio?

[MightyMartian]

That's alright, recent disasters have shown us that the government is more than capable of handling emergency services, and that we don't need amateur radio enthusiasts any more. It's time to sacrifice that so that power companies can get into the ISP game!

Hope your house doesn't catch fire, however, because no one will be able to talk to the guys in the fire truck.