BPL gets the nod
BPL: hype vs. reality
The FCC today approved new rules for BPL, or broadband over power line. These rules are meant to prevent signal interruption which could disrupt communications for some critical federal emergency bodies, such as the coast guard. Oh, by the way, airplane radios could be affected too.
With the interference issue near resolution, BPL is one step closer to letting loose and going to market. There are already trial in Cincinnati and some pockets in the South.
The promise of BPL is one day being able to plug in your PC and, voila! Broadband! Sounds too good to be true. In some ways it is.
It will take years to get BPL up and running. Given the rate that cable and DSL adoption is growing, will there be anyone left once BPL becomes a household utility?