Rules OK'd for broadband on power lines

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"Today is a banner day , and I think years from now we will look back and see it as an historical day for us," said Michael Powell, chairman of the FCC, the New York Times reported. "This is groundbreaking stuff."

The broadband over power lines, or BPL, uses a modem that plugs into electrical outlets, and so far the Web access runs at 1 to 3 megabits per second, comparable to other current broadband offerings, according to the newspaper.

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