Web access may be as close as an electrical outlet
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Those wanting high-speed access to the Internet essentially have two choices: Buy it from a cable TV company or from the local telephone company.
But a third option stands in the wings for many consumers: the electric company.
The idea seems simple: Millions of miles of power lines already run to nearly every home in the United States. Just send an Internet signal through them and everyone can be connected.
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) is beginning to move beyond small trial projects to deploying systems for large communities.
Besides competing with cable and phone companies on price and speed, BPL also faces challenges from other technologies, including efforts to bring fiber-optic cable into homes and WiMAX, a wireless signal that can carry for several miles.
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