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Pilot in Pennsylvania: Wireless Internet Delivered By Broadband Over Power Line
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Last week the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) approved Duquesne Light Company and Duquesne Broadband http://www.duquesnebroadband.com/AboutUs.cfm to permit the initiation of an Internet pilot program across the utility’s distribution wires for 2,000 households in Monroeville.
This select group of Duquesne Light customers will experience high-speed wireless Internet service delivered through broadband over power line (BPL) technology by Duquesne Broadband.
PUC approval enables Duquesne Broadband to expand its BPL offer throughout the Duquesne Light service area in the coming months. Earlier this year, the company introduced the service to a small test group of customers in Monroeville.
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Texas utility plans to offer high-speed Net on lines
By Associated Press The utility TXU Corp. said yesterday it will offer high-speed Internet service over power lines to several million Texans as part of a $150 million project aimed at improving its ability to monitor the power grid.
The ”smart grid" buildout will enable what would be the nation’s largest broadband-over-power line Internet rollout.
The 10-year partnership with Current Communications Group Inc., a privately held company in Germantown, Md., is not expected to yield residential Internet service until the second half of 2006.
Once completed, the grid will let TXU check consumption remotely and pinpoint problems before they become major blackouts.
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