Understand the comments however, think that they are being pushed by the old guard, note used to be into Amatuer Radio at High School, know Valve Theory@#$%@#, but the reality is that in many places there is no network other than a power grid, the development of PLC is going to be very important for the global rollout of broadband. About 14% have telephony but about 40% have power. RF issues are being dealt with, and even in the USA with great Broadband optiosn, many regions will only have a powernetwork for potential broadband, which I see as another long haul alternative, rather than trying to lay fibre, which is not econmically viable in many areas, of low population density.
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Understand the comments however, think that they are being pushed by the old guard, note used to be into Amatuer Radio at High School, know Valve Theory@#$%@#, but the reality is that in many places there is no network other than a power grid, the development of PLC is going to be very important for the global rollout of broadband. About 14% have telephony but about 40% have power. RF issues are being dealt with, and even in the USA with great Broadband optiosn, many regions will only have a powernetwork for potential broadband, which I see as another long haul alternative, rather than trying to lay fibre, which is not econmically viable in many areas, of low population density.