IBM to help build broadband network in power lines

3 News in New Zealand carries a story about the involvement of IBM with Broadband over Power Line (BPL).

The 3 News story says:
IBM Corp. is throwing its considerable weight behind an idea that seemed to have faded: broadband Internet access delivered over ordinary power lines.

The technology has been around for decades, but most efforts to implement the idea on a broad scale have failed to live up to expectations.

Now, with somewhat scaled-back goals, improved technology, and a dose of low-interest federal loans, IBM is partnering with a small newcomer called International Broadband Electric Communications Inc. to try to make the idea work in rural communities that don't have other broadband options.

Read the full 3 News story 'IBM to help build broadband network in power lines' at http://tinyurl.com/6ghnc9

International Broadband Electric Communications Inc.
http://www.ibec.net/

IBM and IBEC Working Together to Bring BPL to Rural America
http://www.ibec.net/pdf/20081112_IBM_and_
IBEC_Work_Together.pdf

USDA Announces $342 Million in Rural Broadband, Telecommunications Loans
http://www.ibec.net/pdf/20080924.pdf

3 News New Zealand
http://www.3news.co.nz/