subman87Another day in the Brentwood
join:2000-11-24
Harrison, NY | I do know that Con Edison here in Westchester County is one of the utility companies that has done BPL testing, I would guess the only thing I have to wait as to when this BPL is
ready to take off in my area of Westchester. |
subman87Another day in the Brentwood
join:2000-11-24
Harrison, NY | ISP invests AGREEMENTS WITH TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES AND UTILITY COMPANIES:
In 2004, EarthLink Joins Ambient Advisory Board and invested $500,000 in Ambient. EarthLink is exploring communications technologies like PLC (also known as broadband over power line (BPL) communications technology) as part of its efforts to extend the reach of its high-speed services. For approximately two years, EarthLink has worked with Ambient on its BPL pilot with Con Edison. EarthLink's participation on Ambient's Advisory Board strengthens this on-going relationship as well as increases the resources Ambient's management has available for direct counsel.
In 2003, Ambient announced a partnership with IDACOMM, Inc., a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc. (IDA), to initiate pilot tests of Broadband over Power Line (BPL) technology in Idaho. Ambient is currently conducting field trials with Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., (Con Edison) a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc. (NYSE: ED), and Southern Telecom Inc. (STI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE:SO). CAM, a subsidiary of Enersis S.A., is also testing Ambient’s technology in their trial underway in Santiago, Chile. |
