BPL Good Morning Silicon Valley

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

Maybe broadband over power line (BPL) really is coming of age.  
Trials, as well as commercial deployments of BPL systems have been on  
the rise lately, and now investment dollars are beginning to drift  
toward the companies developing them. Case in point, Google's  
investment in Current Communications Group, one of the more promising  
BPL ventures in the space. The search leader, with Goldman Sachs and  
Hearst, is investing about $100 million in Current, which today  
operates the largest BPL deployment in the country in Cincinnati.The  
investment is a noteworthy one for Google, which has long expressed  
interest in promoting universal access to the Internet and BPL as  
well. BPL, while a difficult environment for transmitting digital  
information, promises to someday transform the broadband market and  
the utility space, the former by turning every electrical outlet into  
an always-on Web connection and bringing broadband access to remote  
rural areas, the latter by clearing the way for utility companies to  
claim a portion of the broadband market.

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