Main.Net who provide the equipment for Manassas also provided the equipment in Linz, Austria. The Linz system was shut down due to massive interference that was 10,000 times the permitted level.
Meanwhile, in Japan they have over 1,000,000 FTTH connections already and are adding 25,000 a week. (Japan closely examined BPL and banned it due to the spectrum pollution).
Looks as if we are the dumping ground for the worlds unwanted and failed ideas.