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Friday, April 11, 2003
Internet via the Power Grid: New Interest in Obvious Idea - JOHN MARKOFF and MATT RICHTEL, NY Times
As cable, telephone and wireless companies compete to provide high-speed Internet access to homes, a new challenger is emerging based on a decidedly old technology. The idea is to send Internet data over ordinary electric power lines. Proponents argue that it can be a competitive alternative to digital cable, telephone digital subscriber line and wireless efforts to connect the "last mile" between homes and Internet service providers.
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