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A BPL Fable: The Boy Who Cried Wolf

PC World | The next generation of powerline networking Here's good news for BPL proponents, with the advent of standardization coming to the powerline technology inside the home, HomePlug AV.

The long-awaited HomePlug AV specification for superfast networking through conventional electrical wiring in homes and small offices has been ratified, paving the way for products as early as next March.
The ratification of the spec was announced this week by the HomePlug Power Alliance, the trade group that developed the original HomePlug specification. The Alliance announced plans for HomePlug AV, the successor to HomePlug 1.0, nearly three years ago, citing the need for networking technology suitable for streaming high-definition TV and other digital entertainment through the home.

But this article cites the many claims and false-starts that this market has endured, which makes it hard to get going now that real progress is being made. It's hard to convince vendors, for example, to get behind a big market push when they've had so many false starts in the past. This is a technology that makes so much sense, but it has faced market challenges and faces an uphill battle for market acceptance, according to this article.


Posted on August 24, 2005 at 10:33 AM


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