New life for broadband over power lines?

 

Broadband over power line (BPL) has long been considered a potentially beneficial technology, but it's use has been limited to a few prototype projects in the United States and Europe. The Federal Communications Commission has also backed the technology, but it's largely been considered a broadband delivery mechanism for rural areas that aren't served adequately by cable or DSL technologies.

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Whitepaper on Power Line Communications (PLC) 2004

 

The Report "Whitepaper on Power Line Communications (PLC) 2004", which has been developed by the PLC Utilities Alliance (PUA) and sponsored by the PLCforum is available.

The key objective of this Report is to provide a common base of information for all PLC stakeholders in order to define the strategies and actions for assuring an opportunity for wide-scale deployment of PLC in Europe.

The current draft of the EC Recommendation is a first positive step for PLC development. A non discriminatory treatment for PLC in respect to other access technologies and regulation allowing PLC deployments with state-of-the-art technology are essential in order to benefit from the PLC opportunity.

The report can be obtained by from the PUA Project Office by e-mail PUA@plcendesa.com