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Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) Products
Broadband over power lines (BPL) is the use of PLC technology to provide broadband Internet access through ordinary power lines. Winncom offers systems that are built on BPL technology.
A computer (or any other device) would need only to plug a BPL "modem" into any outlet in an equipped building to have high-speed Internet access. BPL offers obvious benefits relative to regular cable or DSL connections: the extensive infrastructure already available would appear to allow more people in more locations to have access to the Internet. Also, such ubiquitous availability would make it much easier for other electronics, such as televisions or sound systems, to hook up. However, variations in the physical characteristics of the electricity network and the current lack of IEEE standards mean that provisioning of the service is far from being a standardized, repeatable process, and the amount of bandwidth a BPL system can provide compared to cable and wireless is in question.
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