With the election looming, there does appear to be one issue that both Liberal and Labor can agree on: broadband over powerline could one day be used to get Internet access to Australia's remotest ...

Broadband powerline networking, a wired technology that does not require new cabling to be installed, is poised to emerge as a winner in the residential networking ...

Australian telcos are seriously looking at broadband over powerline (BPL), according to vendor NEC -- but interference and regulatory issues are still haunting the technology. John Norton, executive ...

You plug a cell phone-size adapter into any electrical outlet in your house and you've got 3M bit/sec. Internet service Some call it “the third wire” and others call it “broadband over powerline” (BPL ...

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The HomePlug® Powerline Alliance (www.homeplug.org), the world’s leading industry group for powerline networking, today announced the availability of the HomePlug AV2 ...

There's a new outlet for the Internet on the horizon that's sure to electrify the industry -- high-speed Web access that comes into homes or businesses through power lines, making every electrical ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. The ...

Powerline networking technology may sound pretty fancy and complicated, but it's not. The technology simply extends an Ethernet network via the existing 110-volt wiring of your client's office or home ...

Powerline networking, whether as a means of potentially bringing Internet access to the masses (along with power usage monitoring and control to them and their utility companies) or for connecting LAN ...

Maxim Integrated Products has introduced the first broadband, HomePlug 1.0-compliant, powerline communications transceiver for harsh industrial environments. The MAX2982 is highly integrated and ...

A company that provides high-speed Internet access over electrical power lines on Thursday said it has received a major investment from Google Inc., the Hearst Corp. and Goldman Sachs. Current ...