Ohio Rolls Out Power Line Broadband

KingFishKingFish
edited June 2004 in Science & Tech
High-speed Internet access may one day come from your electric company, thanks to broadband-over-power-line technology. BPL got off the ground recently when Current Communications and Ohio-based utility Cinergy partnered to begin offering the service.
Current Broadband is available only in the Cincinnati area. But the company says that roughly 1.5 million Cinergy customers in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky can later choose among three options: a 1-megabit-per-second connection for $30 per month, 2 mbps for $35, and 3 mbps for $40. Cable and DSL services cost $30 to $50 for speeds usually well below 1.5 mbps.
Best part, the speed is symmetrical. 3mbps upload speed! I hope this goes well and begins to roll out in other parts of the country. -KF

Source: PCWorld

Comments

  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    OMG! I WANT!!! I have seen those power line home networks before, seemed pretty promising, and now I see it really was!

    Too awsome, I wander if power surge protectors will work with or against this...
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    WOW! This has been in the "Perpetually-five-years-away" category, and I've always known it would be rolled out someday, but the SYMMETRICAL part is news to me.. 3MB up!?!?!? WTF!?!?!
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited June 2004
    Come To Columbus!!!!
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    If I get a house soon, I might be trying this bad mamma jamma technology out.... I wonder how you can protect from power surges with a BPL line?
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    GHoosdum wrote:
    If I get a house soon, I might be trying this bad mamma jamma technology out.... I wonder how you can protect from power surges with a BPL line?

    even data corruption becuase of the power surges... they happen all the time around here. The U.S. power grid is waayyy outta date isn't it? Time for an overhaul ;) same with the communications stuff like telephone lines and crap. In Houston I am pretty sure most the phone lines there are maybe 50 years... dunno for sure.
  • Unregistered
    edited June 2004
    except you won't be able to use refridgerators or other electrically-disturbing appliances without messing up data---and when you crank up frequencies to accentuate data, powerlines start Buzzing out and interrupting with air-traffic control signals... bad idea Ohio.

    -deunan
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited June 2004
    Another hurdle: BPL may interfere with radio signals. The Federal Communications Commission is considering rules to forestall such problems, but those rules won't be finalized for months.

    so if you get it now, you might just have it taken away from you in a few months. however, i agree with deunan, i cant see how this will give a clean data stream
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited June 2004
    Unregistered wrote:
    except you won't be able to use refridgerators or other electrically-disturbing appliances without messing up data


    Ummm, source please? One would think that since pretty much every house has a refrigerator, stove, microwave, etc, they would have taken that into account. If you have to unplug your fridge to use the internet, no one would buy their product and so why would they bother investing in the infrastructure? I'd like to see your references for that statement.

    Dexter...
  • JBJB Carlsbad, CA
    edited June 2004
    "even data corruption becuase of the power surges... "

    thats what filters are for :thumbsup:
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