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- IBM opens up systems framework for energy companies
- IBM has designs on utility companies and other players in the smart grid and renewable energy world that are trying to see the big picture. The company is introducing a framework called the IBM Solution Architecture for Energy and Utilities Framework SAFE, which acts as an integration...
- Tags: Utility Company, Industry, Energy Company, IBM Corp., Telecom & Utilities, Broadband Over Power Line, GIS, Strategy, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Software, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-09-16
- U.S. national broadband strategy: Funding is the elephant in the room
- we don't need big governmentThe broadband has to be build by private businesses and everyone needs to pay to get it.The government should only provide incentives like tax cuts that are deficit neutral.And of courseAnd of course ZDNet is still pushing the crazy idea that broadband everywhere is inevitable. Somehow,...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Highways, broadband, broadband over power line, U.S. national broadband strategy, U.S. National
- Discussion threads 2009-08-14
- IBM to manage broadband over power lines at rural coops
- IBM to manage broadband over power lines at rural coopsobamaso he has nothing to do with itPolitical Rangling and $Money$BPL has been 'kicked around' like a UPS package with China in it for quite some time.BPL is probably one of THE most sensible solutions to take advantage of existing infrastructure,...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, Wi-Fi, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, broadband over power line, wireless, broadband, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-12
- IBM to manage broadband over power lines at rural coops
- IBM signs management contract with BPL leader International Broadband, a move that could help bring broadband over power lines to 900 rural electrical coops. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Broadband, IBM Corp., Broadband Over Power Line, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Richard Koman, President-elect Obama, Network Technology, Networking
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Free UPX 1.1 (Windows)
- Free UPX is an advanced graphical interface for the UPX Ultimate Packer for eXecutables. It allows you to compress and decompress files produced according to Microsoft Portable Executable and COFF Specification (EXE, DLL, OCX, BPL, and CPL). Free UPX offers easy access to all documented and undocumented UPX parameters without...
- Tags: Jacek Pazera, Broadband Over Power Line, Microsoft Windows, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-07-01
- BPL - Beginners Programming Language 1.1 (Windows)
- BPL is one of the best beginners programming languages about. No matter what anybody says, languages like C++, C# and even Visual Basic, are not aimed for beginners. BPL is, specially designed to leave out the complex stuff, keep it simple but keep the power. And that is precisely what...
- Tags: Programming Language, Microsoft Windows, Programming, Broadband Over Power Line, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet
- Software downloads 2008-04-30
- ADSL at 250 megabits per second?
- ADSL at 250 megabits per second?Hi-speed ADSL & Broadband over power lines?And how would this work with relation to broadband over POWER lines? The same technique should be able to work, and those lines are needed worldwide, regardless of fiber optic lines. Sounds like another area his company should look...
- Tags: Broadband over power line, DSL, Network technology, Broadband Internet, ADSL
- Discussion threads 2007-11-12
- Sensors promise to aid in utility demand management
- Green tech company BPL Global brings a new twist to the term “remote control.†The Pittsburgh-based startup is behind a pilot program in California called Easy Green that aims to cut energy consumption through the use of sensor technology installed in homes. In partnership...
- Tags: Theory, Installation, Sensor, Keith Schaefer, Irrigation District, Broadband Over Power Line, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2007-10-08
- Broadband over powerlines gets a boost
- Broadband over powerlines gets a boostMessage has been deleted.Who Needs BPL First?It amazes me when I see the roll-out of a service that hundreds of thousands of us probably millions of us have been impatiently waiting for too many years now. Broadband over Power Lines. When I read...
- Tags: Ham, Broadband-Over-Powerline, broadband over power line, radio
- Discussion threads 2007-08-16
- Broadband over powerlines gets a boost
- Broadband over powerlines BPL may get a much-needed boost from a deal between Current Group and DirecTV. On Wednesday, Current and DirecTV announced a distribution agreement see Techmeme roundup that will allow the satellite TV giant to distribute Current's broadband and VOIP services by the end of 2007 and 2008....
- Tags: Broadband Over Power Line, Broadband, DirecTV, Powerline, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-08-15
- DirecTV ponders broadband over power lines
- DirecTV ponders broadband over power linesI guarantee the cable companieswill fight this tooth and nail under some obscure FCC regulation or something.Please Change Target Market!I know it's probably a dream but I wish they would change their target market to those of us who live out in the rural US...
- Tags: DVR, TVs, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, Tech Support, broadband over power line, Direct TV, Verizon Communications Inc., broadband, cable, DirecTV, digital video recorder
- Discussion threads 2007-05-15
- Overhead route (Broadband snakes through power lines)
- Overhead route Broadband snakes through power linesPowerline InterferenceBPL can cause significant interference to radio and TV reception. Ham radio groups are actively lobbying against BPL and some states are already imposing restrictions to reduce or eliminate the interference which may make BPL more expensive to implement.Power-line data communicationsVarious business...
- Tags: broadband, powerline, broadband over power line, radio
- Discussion threads 2007-02-24
- Broadband over powerlines: It may take awhile
- Broadband over powerlines: It may take awhileIt will take a LONG while....While it would be REALLY nice to see some more competition in the broadband market pretty much sucks now, I'm not holding my breath. As I've said all along in regards to BPL, if you're over 40, you...
- Tags: Network technology, POWER LINES, FCC, broadband over power line, cable, powerline
- Discussion threads 2007-02-23
- FCC to clarify rules for powerline broadband
- FCC to clarify rules for powerline broadbandI'll believe it when I see it....BPL is, for most of us, just hype. I'm fairly confident that by the time BPL becomes available in my city if it does, I'll be too old to give a crap about the internet.Supporting faulty techLikewise...
- Tags: FCC, broadband over power line, powerline
- Discussion threads 2006-11-01
- Study: Promising future for power-line broadband
- Study: Promising future for power-line broadbandHere's hoping it actually works someday...I expect that by the time BPL becomes widespread if it ever does, I'll be too old to give a crap. Having a third player will help though in breaking the stranglehold that the cable and telco monopolies have...
- Tags: Federal government, broadband over power line, Ambient, BPL Equipment Authorization Ambient Corp., FCC, powerline
- Discussion threads 2006-09-11
- FCC passes rules to support broadband over power lines
- FCC passes rules to support broadband over power linesFCC, broadband, power linesLooks like we have yet another example of the FCC selling another piece of its soul to Corporate America. This one could come back to haunt big time, though. Ham radio operators have long feared that broadband use of...
- Tags: Federal government, Network technology, FCC, broadband over power line, broadband
- Discussion threads 2006-08-07
- FCC passes rules to support broadband over power lines
- The FCC Thursday gave a boost to a technology that would provide broadband Internet over power lines BPL by unanimously adopting an order by reaffirming and clarifying rules first created in 2004, News.com's Anne Broache reports. The original guidelines focused on preventing the nascent Internet service from causing...
- Tags: broadband over power line, FCC
- Blog posts 2006-08-03
- FCC pushes for broadband over power lines
- FCC pushes for broadband over power linesFrom all of us in the "sticks". THANK YOU FCCAnd no, I don't give a hoot about some HAM operator.Whats wrong with unbounded media?Clearwire folks tell me that unbounded media regular old TV is just fine for downloads. You can surf the web 2.0...
- Tags: broadband, broadband over power line, power availability, FCC
- Discussion threads 2006-08-03
- EarthLink, GE fund broadband over power line provider
- EarthLink, GE fund broadband over power line providerActaully, Google should buy EarthLink. But, more ways to get broadbandjust limits the ways the telcos and cable providers can screw us. This is all great news.Symmetrical 10 Mbps upload/download BPL speed for TXU !!!from: http://broadbandoverpowerlines.blogspot.com/===Everyone will love this !!!"Upload and download...
- Tags: Network technology, aperture, U.S. Patent, broadband over power line, magnetic core, General Electric Co., EarthLink Inc., coupler, powerline, broadband
- Discussion threads 2006-05-04
- Calif. regulators OK broadband over power line test
- Calif. regulators OK broadband over power line testf'ing sweeeeeeeeet.....choices choices choices, maybe now we'll catch up to the rest of the modern world as far as speed goes. 25+ Mbps here we come!Here's to wishin,- SamCan BPL bring back homeplug networking?I remember seeing home networking via electrical outlets, but that...
- Tags: Network technology, magnetic core, broadband over power line, powerline, coupler, Ambient, Ambient Corporation`s, Ambient Corporation`s patent, broadband, inductive coupler, aperture, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Discussion threads 2006-04-27
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