A WORLD-LEADING communications development allowing access to broadband internet through powerlines will be tested in Hobart.

The high-speed internet and telephone services will be available through standard household powerpoints and will be tested by Aurora Energy.
Hailed as the new age of telecommunications, the Broadband over Power Line (BPL) technology enables data to be sent through power lines and received via a modem plugged into an existing home power point.
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This reminded me of something I read a while ago...

SAN DIEGO, CA-May 3, 2005 – Nethercomm Corporation, the leading innovator of subterranean broadband communications, announces the development of Broadband-in-Gas (BiG) Technology. This technology is designed to effectively multiply the current available bandwidth of cable television and all other broadband systems with data capacities exceeding ten gigabits. Broadband-in-Gas delivers unmatched levels of connectivity by making use of Ultra Wideband technology to wirelessly broadcast information in a way that is both safe and reliable by using the private spectrum isolated within natural gas pipelines .

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