Utilities ready to Zap broadband ops.(communications)
Multichannel News, March, 2005 by Haugsted, Linda
Could this be the year of the power surge? Backers of broadband-overpower line (BPL) technology cite a recent New Millenium Research Council report, which indicates the technology will become much more widely available this year on a commercial basis. Twenty percent of the nation's utilities--municipal and investor-owned--are considering high-speed Internet offerings, the report asserted.
Trials are underway in several states, including Arizona, California, Michigan, Idaho, Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana. Utility companies connect to the Internet at the transformer, and the data is sent down the plant and amplified via a series of repeaters. A utility can serve 100 to 250 homes per transformer, with the data stream entering homes via...
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