Powering up a new kind of broadband

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
09/14/05

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In this issue:

* Momentum is starting to build behind broadband over powerline
* Links related to Networking Technology Update
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus:

Powering up a new kind of broadband

By Jim Duffy

It still registers barely a blip on the broadband radar screen.
But momentum is starting to build behind broadband over
powerline as a viable high-speed Internet access alternative.

In the past three months a handful of significant events have
occurred:

A $100 million investment in Current Communications
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/070705-google-bpl.html?rl>
, a Cincinnati BPL service provider, by Google and others.

IBM's participation in a pilot project with CenterPoint Energy
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071105-ibm-bpl.html?rl>
to offer BPL service to 220 homes in the Houston area.

And work within the IEEE to create a standard - called P1901 -
to define an efficient BPL channel over AC power lines. The
standard is targeted for completion in early 2007.

These developments follow a ruling by the FCC designed to limit
interference to other radio frequency devices. The FCC's action
requires BPL providers to employ devices that can switch
frequencies if they cause interference and that can be shut down
remotely.

FCC commissioners also will require a national database of BPL
installations for public safety agencies, amateur radio
operators and others.

Taken together, these developments could help drive a compound
annual growth rate in BPL revenue of 90% over the next seven
years, according to Telecom Trends International. The market
watcher says BPL revenue is expected to grow from $57 million in
2004 to $4.4 billion in 2011.

<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091205-bpl.html?rl>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nltechupdate6919>

2. Google hacking <http://www.networkworld.com/nltechupdate6828>

3. Supermarket chain freezes Internet access
<http://www.networkworld.com/nltechupdate6572>

4. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nltechupdate7022>

5. What's the best way to protect against spyware?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nltechupdate6920>

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To contact:

Duffy is managing editor of The Edge, Network World's service
provider equipment section. He has 17 years of high-tech
reporting experience, including 11 years at Network World. Reach
him at jduffy@nww.com
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This newsletter is sponsored by Ciena
Network World Executive Guide: Compliance can be an opportunity
for Network Improvements

Federal regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are driving
increased corporate spending on key IT areas such as security,
authentication, access control and document management. Get
advice from experts. Read about real-world tactics. Learn about
the dark side of compliance: what happens when thing wrong. And,
how mandates are affecting IT budgets.
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=114110
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WEBCAST: Winning with Endpoint Security

Protecting an enterprise from worms and other attacks is a
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matter who your users are, or how they access your network, you
are protected.
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FEATURED READER RESOURCE

IS IT THE NETWORK OR THE STORAGE THAT'S THE PROBLEM?

Midsize and larger businesses often find their IT topology has
become a complex mix of servers, networks and storage systems.
Many of these companies also route long-haul traffic over
fiber-based networks - metropolitan-area networks, WANs and
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