said by htwnrver :

why they aren't going after BPL with full force. Now I admit I don't know the technical theory behind it but it seems like a gold mine just waiting to be tapped. The bells are whining because they have to spend all of this money to lay fiber/etc when we already have a very advanced power grid in place. It just seems like power lines would be the logical way to deliver broadband/tv/phone services.

How often do you lose power compared to how often you lose cable/phone/net?