Word: idacomm
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...behind. Cinergy, a utility based in Cincinnati, Ohio, started enrolling BPL customers in late April; the service should be available to 50,000 Ohio homes by year end. Progress Energy has a commercial trial under way in North Carolina with Internet service provider EarthLink as its partner. Idacomm, a subsidiary of Idacorp (which also owns Idaho Power), hopes to be live in Boise and a few other markets by next spring. "The BPL market," Idacomm president and CEO Chris Britton says, "is going...
...right compression technology--they will be able to carry video too. Electric companies could be the next contender in an extended battle to control not just high-speed surfing but all forms of digital communication and entertainment for the home. Comcast, Cablevision and others already offer multiple services. Idacomm says it plans to offer Internet phone service and video-on-demand to BPL users right off the bat. "That's the triple play," says Vamsi Sistla, broadband analyst for ABI Research. "That's what every network that's sending data is striving for. And [consumers] who can get the apple...
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