Our favoritest branch of the government, the FCC, has finally cleared the way for broadband over power lines (BPL) and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) to be available nationwide to consumers. Now your local power company can offer broadband (which will be comparable to DSL speeds to start), and they’ve deregulated fiber optic networks, so telephone companies will no longer be the only ones laying fiber. Us, we’re just waiting for Verizon’s Fios fiber service, or really anything faster than cable, the awful late 90s excuse for broadband we’re all still using at home (when it works).
# posted by GravyPlaya @ 4:27 PM
