Editing Broadband over power lines (section)

==Deployments==
There have been many attempts worldwide to implement access BPL, all which have indicated that BPL is not viable as a means of delivering broadband Internet access. This is because of two problems: limited reach, and low bandwidth which do not come close to matching ADSL, Wi-Fi, and even 3G mobile. World major providers have either limited their BPL deployments to low-bandwidth connected equipment via smart grids, or ceased BPL operations altogether.

Australia saw trials of access BPL between 2004 and 2007; but no active access BPL deployments appear to remain there.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=October 15, 2013 |title=Whatever happened to Broadband over Power Line? - E & T Magazine |url=http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2013/10/broadband-over-power-line.cfm |access-date=2016-02-20 |website=eandt.theiet.org}}</ref>

In the UK, the [[BBC]] published the results of tests to detect interference from BPL installations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp/whp067.shtml |title=The effects of PLT on broadcast reception |access-date=December 16, 2011 |archive-date=August 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806064333/http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp/whp067.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp/whp099.shtml |title=PLT and Broadcasting |access-date=December 16, 2011 |archive-date=March 9, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309095529/http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp/whp099.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp/whp114.shtml |title=Co-existence of PLT and Radio Services |access-date=December 16, 2011 |archive-date=August 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805004202/http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp/whp114.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the US, in October 2004, the US [[Federal Communications Commission]] adopted rules to facilitate the deployment of "Access BPL", the marketing term for [[Internet access]] service over power lines. The technical rules are more liberal than those advanced by the US national [[amateur radio]] organization, the [[American Radio Relay League]] (ARRL), and other spectrum users, but include provisions that require BPL providers to investigate and correct any interference they cause.

One service was announced in 2004 for [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]], and [[Indiana]] by Current Communications<ref>{{cite news |title= Vendor Offers Broadband by Power Lines |date= March 2, 2004 |author= Grant Gross |work= PC World |url= http://www.pcworld.com/article/115035/vendor_offers_broadband_by_power_lines.html |access-date= July 22, 2011}}</ref> but they left the BPL business in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=Current's pivot: From broadband to smart grid to overseas |date=September 13, 2011 |author= Katie Fehrenbacher |work= GigaOM |url= http://gigaom.com/cleantech/currents-pivot-from-bpl-to-smart-grid-to-overseas/ |access-date= June 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=CURRENT Group Says Goodbye to BPL Industry |date=February 19, 2008 |work=SmartGrid News |url=http://www.smartgridnews.com/story/current-group-says-goodbye-bpl-industry/2008-02-17 |access-date=June 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312202318/http://www.smartgridnews.com/story/current-group-says-goodbye-bpl-industry/2008-02-17 |archive-date=March 12, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On August 3, 2006, FCC adopted a [[memorandum opinion]] and an order on broadband over power lines, giving the go-ahead to promote broadband service to all Americans.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-266773A1.pdf |title= FCC Adopts Memorandum Opinion and Order on Broadband over Power Lines to Promote Broadband Service to all Americans |work= News release |date= August 3, 2006 |access-date= July 22, 2011 }}</ref>  The order rejected calls from aviation, business, commercial, amateur radio and other sectors of spectrum users to limit or prohibit deployment until further study was completed. FCC chief Kevin Martin said that BPL "holds great promise as a ubiquitous broadband solution that would offer a viable alternative to cable, digital subscriber line, fiber, and wireless broadband solutions".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-266773A2.pdf |title= Statement of Chairman Kevin J. Martin |date= August 3, 2006  |access-date= July 22, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="SCHWA14">{{cite book
|author1=Schwager, Andreas|author2=Berger, Lars T.|date=February 2014|chapter=PLC Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations|title= MIMO Power Line Communications: Narrow and Broadband Standards, EMC, and Advanced Processing|publisher=CRC Press|editor1=Berger, Lars T. |editor2=Schwager, Andreas |editor3=Pagani, Pascal |editor4=Schneider, Daniel M.|series=Devices, Circuits, and Systems|pages=169–186|isbn=9781466557529|doi=10.1201/b16540-9|url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01055868/file/Schneider2014.pdf |chapter-url=http://www.crcnetbase.com/doi/abs/10.1201/b16540-9}}</ref>

In the US, International Broadband Electric Communications (IBEC), which had an ambitious plan to provide access BPL in the US, ceased BPL operations in January 2012.<ref>{{cite news |title=IBEC Shutdown Deals Latest Blow to BPL |date=January 3, 2012 |author= Joan Engebretson |work=Telecompetitor |url= http://www.telecompetitor.com/ibec-shutdown-deals-latest-blow-to-bpl/ |access-date= November 6, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title= Nelson County Broadband Provider IBEC Drops Service |publisher= WVIR-TV |date= January 2, 2012 |url= http://www.nbc29.com/story/16431101/nelson-county-broadband-provider-drops-serivce |access-date= November 6, 2013 }}</ref>

On January 19, 2018, E.ON, the German multinational electric utility company serving approx. 48 million customers across different countries [*], decided to integrate BPL into their communication strategy, specifically for the smart metering communication infrastructure within the low voltage segment of their grid. E.ON chose Corinex as the solution provider for the initial two years of the deployment. The initial deployment was several ten thousand repeaters and headends, providing secure communication for a couple of hundred thousand households. Corinex GridValue energy management system based on the IBM Tivoli platform was selected to manage the network.<ref>{{Cite web |last=E.ON |title=The E.ON Group: a unique company |url=https://www.eon.com/en/about-us.html |access-date=August 10, 2023 |website=The E.ON Group}}</ref>