February 20, 2009
ShareNelson County, Virginia While most folks here in northern and western Nelson County, Virginia anxiously await the activation of the BPL internet service that is months and months behind schedule, broadband over powerline is getting attention these days due to enormous amounts of money earmarked in the recent spending/stimulus package approved in congress. Many companies [...]
November 22, 2008
ShareScreen image and story courtesy of www.bpltoday.com Updated: 11.24.08 6:00 PM to correct IBM partnership in Nelson BPL deployment. Nelson County, Virginia Within the past few days NCL spoke again with IBEC Network Operations Manager, Asa Gage in Alabama. Asa was responding to our questions as to whether the recent announcement that IBM and IBEC [...]
November 13, 2008
ShareIn a very surprising announcement, NCL has learned from an Afton, Virginia reader who saw this story linked via The Drudge Report, International Broadband Electric Communications (IBEC) will apparently be teaming up with International Business Machines (IBM) to work on improving broadband over powerline. (BPL) Here’s part of the article: “Now, with somewhat scaled-back goals, [...]