Power Line Broadband Gets Popular with Tech Firms

by Marguerite Reardon ZDNet News, 24 Aug 2005 The technology that allows the internal power wiring in a home to deliver broadband service is getting some heavy-hitting endorsements from large technology companies including Intel, Motorola and Cisco Systems. The companies threw their weight behind a group called the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, which develops standards and specifications for businesses and service providers offering broadband-over-power-line, or BPL, service into the home. Read more