Yes, its true. I need a “Devil’s Advocate”. I’m doing some research in the

subject since I see that the Broadband Holders (BDH) has been en fuego

lately.



So far, I’ve uncovered that both Google and Goldman Sachs (a.k.a. “smart

money”) have invested over $100 million in this project. Utility company

Cinergy (CIN) has customers already using the service.



"Cinergy Broadband, a subsidiary of Cinergy, has partnered with Current

Communications Group to offer broadband over power line (BPL) services

to residential electric customers (through Current Communications), and

to municipal and electric co-operative utility markets (through ACcess

Broadband). With BPL technology, customers can receive high-speed

Internet access (3x faster than DSL) by plugging a small modem into

virtually any electrical outlet in their home."



Existing electricity utility infrastructure would not need extensive

modifications to support BPL and in some cases it may not need any

modification at all. BPL has not yet attained wide deployments in the U.S.,

but other countries have attempted to deploy it with varying results.



Maybe someone knows of a pure play for this theme. I know that Cisco

and NetGear are involved. Thanks,



SKEE