said by Estragon :

And if you run that much fiber, you basically have FTTC anyway. why not just go all the way to the home?

said by batageek :

But that was kind of my point.

My understanding was that most of the BPL builds are supported by fiber rings around the area anyway. I seem to remember that the expensive part of the BPL builds is literally at the conversion point from the fiber to where it uses the powerline segment/equipment to reach into the home.

If you're that close, and can't run fiber all the way to the home, wouldn't it be substantially cheaper (and more technology safe) to do the end run from the fiber node via a close range mesh (with widely available, standard wifi junk) rather than a proprietary delivery system?