broadband over power lines articles, videos, photos and opinions

Sort by Relevance | Date | Popularity

Cumbrian village gets power-line broadband pilot

...The method is generally used within blocks of flats, but Gridline's Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) implementation is intended for longer distances. "Once completed... Read more

7 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Broadband over power lines gets poor reception

...Commission (FCC) laid out regulatory guidelines for companies who want to offer broadband over power lines (BPL) last month, and US utility firms are expected... Read more

4 November, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Trial runs broadband over power lines

A test in California will see high-speed Internet access delivered via Wi-Fi repeaters on lampposts Read more

15 July, 2004 by Ben Charny

Broadband over power lines sparks interest again

The technical problems that scuppered previous attempts to deliver Internet down power lines may soon be resolved Read more

25 February, 2004 by Jim Hu

Bright sparks offer broadband over power lines

Have electricity providers finally cracked the process of sending high-speed data across the electricity network? Read more

21 August, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Broadband over power lines to beat DSL

Exploring electric avenues Broadband over power lines is set to overtake cable and DSL connectivity in... Read more

19 January, 2007 by Jo Best

US regulators turn on to power-line broadband

...where broadband choices have been limited to DSL or cable modems. If broadband over power lines, or BPL, takes off, then more people, particularly in... Read more

4 August, 2006 by Anne Broache

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...20/08/2003For the past four or five years, the promise of broadband over power lines (BPL in the US, PLC over here) has been... Read more

22 August, 2003
A Survey on BPL Communications Standards

A Survey on BPL Communications Standards

BPL technology, also known as broadband over power lines communications, uses the electrical power grid as the transmission... Read more

1 October, 2008

EarthLink: Where competition meets convergence

...on higher-speed solution, this very much fits the bill. What about broadband over power lines? That's a very important technology. There's been... Read more

20 October, 2005 by Marguerite Reardon

Power line broadband boosted by Google

...customers in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. A second joint venture would deploy broadband over power lines to smaller municipal and cooperatively owned power companies, which... Read more

8 July, 2005 by Dawn Kawamoto

Scottish broadband sparks complaint

...providing DSL services to rural Scotland. Scottish & Southern, a power company trialling broadband over power lines in rural areas around the UK, has said it... Read more

7 November, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...20/08/2003For the past four or five years, the promise of broadband over power lines (BPL in the US, PLC over here) has been... Read more

22 August, 2003 by Rupert Goodwins

Broadband through your electric: Europe wants more

...Markets, it won't stay that way for long. The analyst predicts broadband over power lines is now mature enough to threaten the established broadband... Read more

11 April, 2005 by Jo Best

Get ZDNet UK's daily newsletter

Enter your email address to sign up

ZDNet UK Live

Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

3 hours ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
dede0202

Hello ALL USERS OF THE PIRATE BAY I WOULD PUT AN EXPLANATION ON PIRACY Story Idea ILLIGALE AND SHARING THOSE THAT NET Dissent NOT WELL BUT TO CA...

12 hours ago by dede0202 on The Pirate Bay infringes copyright, High Court decides
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

12 hours ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

18 hours ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Roberto_Store

Now On Sale, Unlocked iPhone 4S / Galaxy Note In Factory Box. Roberto-Techie(UK) ”Now on Sales” Smartphone, Android,Tablets,Gadget &...

22 hours ago by Roberto_Store on Samsung Galaxy S III lined up for sale
Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

24 hours ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

1 day ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

1 day ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything
Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

2 days ago by Jason Burchell via Facebook on Music industry negotiating over 24-bit downloads
Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

2 days ago by Philip Charles Cohen via Facebook on PayPal takes phone-based payments to the high street
apexwm

Leslie Satenstein : Where have you ever seen Mozilla even mention this? Firefox is the most popular browser in the GNU/Linux OS, so I don't see...

2 days ago by apexwm on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
songmaster

SHleG: Do you remember building a clockwork scorpion kit (I'm pretty sure I have a photo of it somewhere) — I think it was called something like...

2 days ago by songmaster on Software with everything
Chris Wortman

Good I love Yahoo! Their search engine is getting better than Google as of late. I find more of what I want on the first page, and usually within...

2 days ago by Chris Wortman via Facebook on Linux Mint 13 ramps up for KDE release
PatrickG

openhgs has made the point for Windows 8 multiple monitors without realising it! With Windows 7 you have to switch the mouse and so your focus...

2 days ago by PatrickG on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Leslie Satenstein

Mozilla has threatened to stop supporting Linux. I guess that UBUNTU is going with another browser. I indicated that if Mozilla stops supporting...

2 days ago by Leslie Satenstein via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
Andy Bolstridge

Much as I abhor Microsoft's licensing practices, this is almost certainly down to purchasing IT equipment via 3rd party consultants - you get the...

2 days ago by Andy Bolstridge via Facebook on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
Jack Schofield

@openhgs Windows users have had multiple desktops since Linus started writing Linux. They just haven't shipped as standard because not enough...

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Jack Schofield

@Phil at Cloud4 What, Microsoft gets £1,200 per PC and £1,622 per server? Gosh, I'm amazed....

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
craigsc

You guys have no idea what is going on at Autonomy. Autonomy could have been a much more profitable organization. The sales operations at Autonomy...

3 days ago by craigsc on HP cuts 27,000 staff as Autonomy chief Lynch leaves
Moley

How does this impact on dual or multi booting? Seems to me to more or less prohibit this, from Windows 8 anyway. Will Grub 2 recognise Windows 8,...

3 days ago by Moley on Windows 8 start-up speed forces USB boot workaround