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2007: The Year of BPL?
Broadband Business Forecast believes 2007 will be the year of BPL (broadband over powerline), as access BPL enables the delivery of broadband to homes and businesses. The forecast also considered that the burgeoning POE (power over Ethernet) business might also take off.
Work is starting on a new version of the IEEE standard for PoE that will enable the delivery of as much as 53 watts of power over an Ethernet connection - enough to power a camera, wireless access point or myriad other equipment. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has decided to use BPL provider Telkonet as its broadband network in airports all over the United States.
Comments and feedback welcome, please email Jill Morgan at jmorgan@billingworld.com.
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