Broadband over power lines to 2 million

Texas moving forward...

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This technology has been discussed here before. Now it's getting discussed everywhere.

If you wonder why Comcast and all of the other ISPs are soooooo interested in content, then look here:

Good summary in today's WSJ, for example, on page B1

In a deal that could pose a new threat to cable and phone companies, Current Communications Group LLC and TXU Electric Delivery, a unit of TXU Corp., said they plan to offer high-speed Internet over electric power lines to more than two million customers in Texas.

The move marks the biggest deployment of broadband over power lines in the U.S.

Customers who subscribe will be able to plug a device about the size of a cellphone into an electrical outlet and connect a cable from their computer for Internet access that is capable of speeds that are faster than some popular Internet plans from cable and phone companies. Current said it hasn't determined how much it will charge for the new service, but it is scheduled to be offered before the end of 2006.... (story continues)

Yeah, this is the outfit that Google (and many others) have invested in.

[tedster]

scheduled to be offered before the end of 2006

Broadband over power lines, so far, is one those vaporware products that drives me nuts. Still waiting for the "it's here" story.