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broadband over power lines

Using the electric utility to provide Internet access. Also called "power line communications" (PLC), high-frequencies carrying data are superimposed over the low-frequency waves on the electrical transmission lines. Modems plug into any electrical outlet in the home or office and connect to the computer.

Deployed in Europe
This technology has been successful in Europe, because a base station deployed at each 220-volt transformer serves up to 300 residences. Since 110-volt transformers in North America serve only a handful of customers, broadband over power lines has been slower to materialize.

Somewhat Controversial
There has been controversy over this technique because outdoor electrical lines are not shielded, and unshielded high-frequencies may interfere with other wireless signals in the atmosphere, including police and ambulance radio. See powerline network.

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Listed Meralco told the Philippine Stock Exchange without elaborating that it was "set to implement the pilot test of the broadband over power lines project.

Meralco says planning broadband via power lines by AFP / AFP Asian Edition

Listed Meralco told the Philippine Stock Exchange without elaborating that it was "set to implement the pilot test of the broadband over power lines project.

Meralco says planning broadband via power lines by AFP / AFP Global Edition

Technologies covered include sensors, smart metering, network automation and control, analytics, and communications technologies such as broadband over power lines (BPL) and WiFi/WiMax.

Energy Insights, a unit of IDG's (Framingham, MA) IDC division that ... by Business Publisher

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