"And don't forget Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) which will eventually be here with the odd characteristic of 100 percent market penetration, since every home has electricity and every home will get a smart electric meter that speaks only IP."
That's somewhat funny since over the last three years BPL's market penetration has reached something like 0.0001% and despite nearly every home in the US having copper twisted pair, we don't have DSL everywhere. Just because electric lines are there doesn't mean the costs of lighting them up with BPL will be viable. Does Cringley even understand the technical aspects of BPL... or WiMax for that matter?
Note - ODD CHARACTERISTIC. It is true that BPL will have 100% market penetration. I have it, my neighbor has it. Granted it is only used for our power meters and we both have DSL, but that will not matter to the market hypesters. -- I am not lost, I find myself every time.
