It's a little puzzling why broadband Internet via electrical lines
> hasn't taken off. The copper wires that deliver electricity to homes
> and offices are capable of moving a lot of data at very low cost but
> the technology just hasn't gotten the attention it would seem to > deserve.
It has somethong to do with the fact that it doesn't work.
That may be changing, though. A Maryland company that provides
> high-speed Internet access over electrical power lines last week
> received a major investment from Google Inc., the Hearst Corp. and
> Goldman Sachs. Current Communications Group declined to disclose
> financial terms of the investment though the Wall Street Journal
> reported that it approached $100 million.
> If the FCC stays out of the picture, maybe this will go somewhere.
I doubt it. All the money in the world won't make a system intended for narrowband power delivery handle higher frequency data traffic reliably.
Scott "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."