[geeks] Google invests in BPL

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Mon, 11 Jul 2005 @ 15:37 -0500, Lionel Peterson said:

> >From: "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm at mendelson.com>
> >Date: Sun Jul 10 15:15:16 CDT 2005
> >To: geeks list <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> >Subject: [geeks] Google invests in BPL
> 
> >"Current Communications, a Germantown, Md.-based company providing
> >broadband over power lines (BPL), said the investment would offer
> >consumers a faster alternative outlet for voice, video and data
> >services."
> 
> Faster voice outlet than packet-switched phone network? Faster video
> than broadcast TV? I don't get it, but I suspect I'm not the target
> market for thier offering...

Indeed... I thought the BPL idea was dead anyway.  Around here they
couldn't even make demos of it work very well.


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