This is a list of broadband over power line deployments. In this sense, "broadband" usually refers to Internet access using power line communication technology.
The following pilot projects have ended:
As of April 2007, Motorola has shuttered its Powerline LV Access BPL and reportedly plans to re-purpose the technology to a new system called Powerline MU, [24] which is for use within multiple-unit dwellings. Motorola's system uses only residential-side low-voltage power lines for transmission to reduce the antenna effect, and successfully demonstrated frequency-notching for reduced potential for interference over the Amperion Inc. and Current Technologies LLC systems. Motorola invited the American Radio Relay League to participate with these tests, [25] and even installed the Motorola system at their headquarters. Preliminary results were very positive with regard to interference, because the Motorola system does not use BPL on the powerlines leading up to the neighborhood. The BPL carrier is only used for the last leg of the trip from the pole to the house, and gets the signal to the pole via radio. This limits the interference to the area surrounding the last leg to the house.
The following other BPL trials in the US are dismantled as of May 2008: [26]
Location | Electric provider | Equipment |
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AL, Hoover (and other cities) | Southern Company | Various |
AZ, Cottonwood | Arizona Power Systems (APS) | Mitsubishi |
CA, Menlo Park | Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) | Main.net |
CA, Rosemead | Southern California Edison (SCE) | Current Technologies |
CA, San Diego | San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) | Various |
CT, Shelton | United Illuminating | Amperion |
FL, Graceville | West Florida Electric Cooperative | Ascom |
FL, Miami | Florida Power and Light | Amperion and Main.net |
GA, Douglasville | Greystone Power | Mitsubishi |
GA, Young Harris | The Sphigler Group | Main.net |
HI, Honolulu | Honolulu Electric Company | Current Technologies |
IA, Cedar Rapids | Alliant Energy | Amperion |
ID, Boise | IDACorp | Various |
IN, Liberty | Whitewater RMEMC | Corinex |
MD, Hughesville | Southern Maryland Electric Company | Current Technologies |
MD, Potomac | PEPCO | Current Technologies |
MN, Rochester | Rochester Public Utilities | Main.net |
MO, Lees Summit | Aquila | Amperion |
NC, Raleigh | Progress Energy | Amperion |
OH, Cincinnati | Duke Energy | Current Technologies |
NY, Penn Yan | Penn Yan Power and Light | Amperion |
PA, Allentown | Pennsylvania Power and Light | Main.net and Amperion |
TN, Fayetteville | Fayetteville Public Utilities | Grid Stream |
TX, Dallas | Oncor Electric Delivery Company | Current |
TX, Austin | Austin Electric Energy | Corinex |
TX, Flatonia | Broadband Horizons | Unknown |
TX, Weimar | Fayette Electric Cooperative | PowerWan |
VA, Roanoke | American Electric Power | Mitsubishi |
WA, Wenatchee | Heights, Chelan County PUD | Gridstream |
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