BPL: Technology Update
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Broadband over power lines (BPL) delivers broadband Internet connections to your home or office just like cable and DSL.  The difference is that BPL brings the Internet connection over a municipalities' utility power lines.  Using BPL, municipalities now have ways of leveraging their power grid in ways previously unheard of.  In addition to providing high-speed Internet, BPL technology also enables utilities to lower costs, offer new services and create new sources of revenue.

Broadband Horizons is the first company in Texas, and one of a handful in the nation, to successfully launch broadband Internet service over power lines, a technology commonly referred to as BPL.  Today, Broadband Horizons is a leading provider of BPL and other wireless technology services to small and medium-sized municipalities throughout the united states.

Motorola's Powerline LV solution unites Motorola's Canopy Broadband Internet Platform with enhanced HomePlug technology to provide an end-to-end Broadband Over Powerline solution.  The first wireless to low-voltage solution for widespread commercial use, Powerline LV combines the Canopy platform's reliable high-speed Internet service with the lower-cost and non-invasive benefits of a low-voltage BPL option.