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More than a million customers in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana will have the option of plugging into broadband Internet access through a standard electrical outlet this month. The alternative to cable and DSL is considered a boon to rural customers.

The service, called Broadband over Power Line (BPL), will be provided by a partnership of Current Communications Group and Cinergy Broadband. Critics have complained that BPL interferes with ham radio transmissions.

According to Current Communications, consumers will be able to plug a HomePlug power line modem into any electrical socket in the house without professional installation. Depending on connection speed, it will cost $29 to $39 per month.
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Now I have been following this BPL pretty close. $29 to $39 is pretty freaking good. It is supposed to be twice as fast as cable. I find cable to be faster than DSL for my area, so I might switch to BPL if it ever makes it's way to me.

Oh hell yes, my cable here is so much faster than my DSL in Beaverton... DSL isn't an option where I'm at now, evidently the lines are too old; becides I have so many outlets that it'd be a total [censored] in the first place...