In my absence, staff put up a good article about this development. We have had good experience with IBEC. Dave 4O/K1ZZ (taking a short break before the IARU Region 1 Conference in Croatia) ________________________________ From: Andy Oppel [mailto:andy.oppel@gmail.com] Sent: Thu 11/13/2008 3:26 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:17310] Re: IBM now partnering with BPL provider for rural areas Should we check to see if Michael Powell or Kathleen Abernathy have joined IBM? At 06:10 AM 11/12/2008, Cliff Ahrens wrote:

The BPL saga continues. Here's a link to a report on Yahoo Finance that IBM is partnering with a small newcomer to offer BPL to 340,000 homes in rural areas of Alabama, Indiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081112/tec_broadband_over_power_lines.html?.v=4

Cliff K0CA

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