ARRLWeb: Broadband Over Power Line (BPL) and Amateur Radio

Community Broadband Networks
Internet: http://communityfiber.blogspot.com/
Description: Tracks news reports of various broadband trials and projects run by municipal utilities and other power companies. Multiple links to press articles about PLC, broadband and internet over fiber.

ElectroNet
Internet: http://www.electronetonline.com/about.html
Description: ElectroNet is a Broadband over Power Line (BPL) provider based in Saudi Arabia, providing a range of services like Internet Access, Networking, Training and Consulting Services.

HomePlug:
Internet: http://www.homeplug.org/index_basic.html
Description: Industry consortium of in-home PLC-equipment manufacturers.

Hometown Connections
Internet: http://www.hometownconnections.com/utility/broadband.html
Description: With real-time visibility into the electric distribution network as far down as the subscriber’s electric socket and anywhere in between, MainNet’s end-to-end broadband products offer public power utilities the information technology and digital communications required to implement a self-monitoring distribution network.

6Power Project:
Internet: http://www.6power.org/
Description: The main goal of the 6Power project is to contribute to ensuring affordable broadband access and the deployment of IPv6 in Europe. In order to achieve this goal, the project will research the native support and deployment of IPv6, QoS and other advanced services over Power Line Communication networks.

PALAS - Powerline as an Alternative Local AcceSs project:
Internet: http://palas.regiocom.net
Description: Power Line Communications, PLC, is a recent and rapidly evolving technology, aiming at the utilisation of the electricity power lines for the transmission of data. PLC technology opens up new opportunities for the mass provision of local, last- mile access at a reasonable cost. The PALAS project aims to develop and test a complete service and commercialisation package to potential players in the PLC market. This package comprises technical simulation and consulting tools, initial business and turn-key service models as well as concrete roll-out strategies. In addition PALAS will provide a complex and coherent approach to reduce time to market and to increase certainty on market, technological, organisational and economic issues. Thus, the project will support a quick and sustainable development of a market segment that will become a major infrastructure for the development of the Information Society in Europe.

United Powerline Council (UPLC)
Internet: http://www.uplc.utc.org
Description: The United Power Line Council (UPLC) is an industry consortium of PLC system producers and utility industry customers (and potential customers). They are a child organization of the United Telecom Council. ARRL has established dialogue UPLC and both ARRL and UPLC hope that such dialogue will lead to a better understanding and common ground.

PLC forum
Internet: http://www.plcforum.com
Description: The PLC Forum is an industry consortium of PLC manufacturers.

Power Line Communications Association (PLCA)
Internet: http://www.plca.net/
Description: Power Line Communications Association is an industry consortium of PLC system producers and utility industry customers.

PowerLine-PLC.info
Internet: http://www.powerline-plc.info/index.html
Description: German

Encyberpedia
Internet: http://www.encyberpedia.com/power.htm
Description: Not BPL specific, but there are links to many electric utilities and companies that well products to electric utilities.

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PLC Manufacturers and Electric Utility Companies -- access and in-home (links):

(also includes manufacturers with an interest in PLC, as expressed by their membership in one or more PLC organizations)

http://www.6wind.com

http://www.agoratechnologies.com/

http://www.amperion.com

http://www.arrisi.com/

http://www.asokausa.com/

http://www.att.com

http://www.cisco.com/

http://www.cogency.com

http://www.conextant.com

http://www.consulintel.es/

http://www.corinex.com/

http://www.currenttechnologies.com

http://www.datasoft.at/

http://www.deltanetworks.com.tw/

http://www.ds2.es

http://www.ds2.es/

http://www.easyplug.com/

Electricite de France

http://www.endesanetfactory.com/

http://www.enersis.cl

http://www.enekia.com

http://www.francetelecom.com/vanglais/home/homev4.html

http://www.fujitsu.co.jp/

http://www.gigafast.com/

Hewlett-Packard

http://www.hp.com/

http://www.imedia.com/

http://www.intellon.com

http://www.iogear.com/

http://www.lanergy.com/

http://www.linksys.com/

http://www.ltnlcc.com.tw/

http://www.mainnet-plc.com

http://www.mew.co.jp/e-index.html

http://www.mduresources.com/

http://www.gi.com/

http://www.netgear.com/

http://www.pace.co.uk/home/main.asp

http://www.panasonic.com/

http://www.philips.com/

http://www.phonex.com/

http://www.samsung.com/

http://www.sanyo.co.jp/

http://www.sac.com.tw/

http://www.stt.com.tw/

http://www.telewisecomm.com/

http://www.telkonet.com/

http://www.tokin.com/

http://www.valencesemi.com/

http://www.xeline.com/

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Information About ARRL:

ARRL is the National Association for Amateur Radio in the United States. It is supported by membership dues, individual contributions and the sale of publications and advertising.

ARRL's contact on EMC matters is:

American Radio Relay League
Ed Hare, W1RFI
Laboratory Manager
225 Main St.
Newington, CT 06111
Web: http://www.arrl.org
Email: w1rfi@arrl.org
Telephone: 860-594-0318
Fax: 860-594-0259

For more information about ARRL, go to http://www.arrl.org/news/features/inside-your-league.html. For more information about the benefits of ARRL membership, go to http://www.arrl.org/join.html.

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