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IBM Agrees To Help Build Broadband Network Over Power Lines

IBM has partnered with International Broadband Electric Communications (IBEC) on a $9.6 million agreement to have Big Blue install Broadband over Power Line (BPL) networks at electric cooperatives through out the eastern U.S.The concept of broadband over power lines has widely been thought of as a dead end idea but with IBM's backing it is now being resurrected.