03.62.2004 - Vendor Offers Broadband by Power Lines

Residents of three states will be able to test alternative form of Net access. Grant Gross, IDG News Service Tuesday, March 02, 2004 More than a million residents of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana will have a new broadband option this month in the first large-scale rollout of broadband over power line (BPL) service, despite concerns that the new BPL technology interferes with other radio frequency devices, including ham radios. Current Communications Group, a BPL vendor, announced Tuesday it is teaming with Cinergy Broadband, a subsidiary of Cinergy, to roll out BPL service in Cinergy's coverage area by March 15, says Brian Lustig, a Current Communications spokesperson. Current Communications has been conducting small-scale trials of BPL in the Cincinnati, Ohio, and Potomac, Maryland, areas for more than a year. The rollout follows action by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in mid-February in which commissioners voted to move forward with a process to measure interference caused by BPL service. - View Full Article - Source: PCWorld.com