bpl moving closer in australia ##BPL is NOT available in...

bpl moving closer in australia ##BPL is NOT available in Australia.##

Ah, but it is Barry ;-)
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http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1086831661;fp;2;fpid;1

There are 4 trials in Australia that I have found (maybe more).
Dr Peter Davis, the CEO of Tasmanian electricity retailer and distributor Aurora Energy, told the Parliamentary Scrutiny Committee hearing last week how the company had used its power lines to connect broadband to four 100-year-old houses near St David's Park.

"We injected an Internet broadband signal into the power line in our office building and then wandered down the street to see if it had turned up in these cottages, and plugged the computers into the power point -- because the signal now comes out of the power point -- and the customers were absolutely rapt," he said.

Davis said the trial in Hobart was "very successful" and Aurora was working with a couple of other utilities to run a trial in Canberra. As it stands, Aurora is a partner in Country Energy's Queanbeyan trial.

"The reason we are doing it in Canberra is the communications regulator [Australian Communications Authority] lives up there and we want to make sure there are no issues with radiation or whatever affecting ham radio operators. So we are doing it very carefully and very precisely," he said.
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And have a listern to this Barry, it's the sound of UNW dying...........click on the "listen" button.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4801446
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And here's a bit of information for you on BPL used in highrise buildings, oldy enough there is no mention of using X10 to transmit broadband, LOL !

http://www.currenttechnologies.com/solutions/inbuilding.html
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http://www.southgatearc.org/news/november/bpl_moves_closer.htm


BPL moving closer in Australia
There are strong indications that the introduction of broad-band over powerlines, BPL, is getting closer in Australia.

The technology could be available to consumers in Tasmania within a few months, and two companies are trialling it in New South Wales. With the very latest, here is Jim Linton VK3PC.

Tasmania's electricity distribution and retail company, Aurora Energy has announced it will have a major commercial trial of BPL by mid-2005.

It has hailed as a success, Australia's first pilot trial of the technology conducted in May this year that involved four houses and part of the company's office building in Hobart.

In its annual report, Aurora Energy claims very competitive Internet data rates for the technology accessed via power points when compared to that available through the telecommunications network.

Meanwhile, an industry newsletter reports that another company, Energy Australia, ran a BPL trial in Newcastle, making it Australia's second serious trial of the technology.

A third power company, Country Energy is expected to run a trial in Queanbeyan, near Canberra, before the end of this month.

The power industry believes that BPL is ready and now only awaits a decision by the Australian Communications Authority.

The ACA's current review of its "Regulatory Philosophy and Compliance Policy" and recent work through the Radio Consultative Committee, are all moving towards an announcement on Australia's regulatory approach to BPL.

Jim Linton VK3PC

Source: Wireless Institute of Australia