Waiting for Electrifying Internet Access

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

Hanging from utility poles or buried in underground conduits in communities across America are power lines that feed electricity to homes and businesses. This same electrical grid might soon be providing subscribers the ability to surf the Internet with greater speed and efficiency than is now available from cable and DSL service, according to industry watchers.

This promise of accessing the Internet via existing electrical wiring, known as Broadband over Power Lines, or BPL, initially encountered technical problems, lack of funding and regulatory issues. Those problems largely have been overcome, according to experts. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) now supports BPL service.

Earlier this month Google, Goldman Sachs and Hearst invested in Broadband over Power Line (BPL) provider Current Communications. IBM and CenterPoint announced a big partnership to promote the technology.

Read entire story here.

[Umma]

I first heard about this idea around 5 years ago.... shame it's taken so long to get it up and running. It seems to make good sense since there aren't many homes that dont have electricity... apart from the bog people.

[Ken]

Certain companies have been underhandedly trying to quash this (cable companies, etc..)

They've failed, however.

Hopefully this will soon be available.