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FEATURED TOPICDigital Transition -The term "Digital Transition" describes the process all organizations must go through in the 21st Century, as they leverage new technologies that provide new options for Applications, Equipment, Processes, and Networks that make them more effective. In contrast, the term "Municipal Wireless" is limiting. It puts the network technology ahead of the application and process changes that drive the business case. ORIENTATION |
« How do you Mobilize a City to Do Wireless? | Weblog | Newsweek weighs in on Muni Broadband Debate » Texas: Houston's Centerpoint testing BPL with IBMWOAI: San Antonio News - Houston Testing "BPL" Internet Service Add yet another major electric utility expressing serious interest in broadband communications, specfically broadband over power lines or BPL. On the heels of the $100 million investment this week by Google and others in Current Communications, a BPL-oriented service company working with Cinergy in Cincinnatti, this Houston electric utility has indicated its desire to understand better the potential of BPL to help with meter reading and outage management. The estimated $200 million price tag, however, means that a BPL solution would still be a ways off for Centerpoint. This is one more indicator, however, of the interest and potential of BPL and utility broadband in general. Posted on July 10, 2005 at 06:26 PM CommentsPost a commentTrackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: |
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