IBM to help build broadband network in power lines
| November 13, 2008 |  View for printing |
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 working 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.
By ANDREW VANACORE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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