[LINK] They're back - internet over power lines -- IBM

[Jan Whitaker]

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/ibm-delivers-rural-broadband-over-power-lines/

February 19, 2009, 8:35 am

I.B.M. Delivers Rural Broadband Over Power Lines

By <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/author/saul-hansell/>Saul Hansell

With $7 billion of government money on the line, it's no surprise 
that all kinds of companies are claiming they can wire the most 
isolated ranchers and cave dwellers with broadband Internet service.

On Thursday, I.B.M. 
<http://finance.yahoo.com/news/IBM-and-IBEC-Initiate-iw-14396782.html>piped 
up to say that it is working with rural electric cooperatives to 
offer high-speed Internet service, delivered over electric power lines.

Technology to send broadband over power lines has been around for 
several years, but it typically hasn't been able to offer enough 
capacity at a low enough price to beat service from cable and phone companies.

But with government subsidies, the approach is starting to be 
deployed in areas that don't have access to other forms of broadband.
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