{"id":2546,"date":"2010-04-09T19:07:56","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T23:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/?p=2546"},"modified":"2022-12-30T12:47:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T17:47:59","slug":"first-broadband-over-powerline-net-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/first-broadband-over-powerline-net-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"First Broadband Over Powerline Net Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-99823\" title=\"First Broadband Over Powerline Net Dead\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/BPL-3.png?resize=110%2C111&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"First Broadband Over Powerline Net Dead\" width=\"110\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/BPL-3.png?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/BPL-3.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/BPL-3.png?w=318&amp;ssl=1 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/>The <a title=\"Manassas, Virginia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manassasva.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Manassas, VA<\/a> <strong>broadband over powerline (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Power_line_communication#Internet_access_.28broadband_over_powerlines.29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BPL<\/a>) network is dead<\/strong>. <a title=\"DSLReports\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dslreports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>DSLReports<\/em><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dslreports.com\/shownews\/Most-Successful-US-Broadband-Over-Powerline-Network-Shut-Down-107812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cites<\/a> the chief protagonist of the BPL drama the <strong>American Radio Relay League<\/strong><em> (<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ARRL<\/a>) which <a title=\"Most Successful U.S. Broadband Over Powerline Network Shut Down\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dslreports.com\/shownews\/Most-Successful-US-Broadband-Over-Powerline-Network-Shut-Down-107812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">won<\/a> when on April 05, 2010, the Manassas City Council unanimously voted to <strong>pull the plug<\/strong> as of July 01, 2010.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"tombstone\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110810184430\/http:\/\/www.forevergeek.com:80\/2010\/03\/death_and_the_web_inevitable_tech_decisions\/rip-tombstone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2550 size-thumbnail alignright\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"tombstone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/tombstone-e1565226337234-67x75.gif?resize=67%2C75&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"67\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/tombstone-e1565226337234.gif?resize=67%2C75&amp;ssl=1 67w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/tombstone-e1565226337234.gif?resize=134%2C150&amp;ssl=1 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 67px) 100vw, 67px\" \/><\/a>Broadband over powerline was once praised as the <strong>third alternative<\/strong> to the telco&#8217;s and cableco&#8217;s stranglehold on the broadband market. Former <a title=\"Federal Communications Commission\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage nofollow noopener noreferrer\">FCC<\/a> chief <a title=\"Michael Powell\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Powell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener wikipedia noreferrer\">Michael Powell<\/a> called the Manassas installation, &#8220;the pinnacle of broadband achievement&#8221; just five years ago. In the meantime increased broadband speeds and the unwillingness of utilities to become broadband providers doomed BPL.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>rb-<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>International Broadband Electric Communications (IBEC) to play on. They won&#8217;t have to deal with that pesky FCC or end-users since they can sell their broadband over powerline products to utilities as part of the U.S Department of Energy&#8217;s $3.3 billion smart grid technology development <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">cash give-away<\/span> grants.<\/em><\/p>\n<h6>Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.profitconfidential.com\/stock\/sat-back-future-ibm-stock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Is It Back To The future For IBM Stock?<\/a> (profitconfidential.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. 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