said by Iceman4u2 :

I hope this works out. People need choices, and this is a another possible way to get broadband. If it fails..then it will be tweaked and tinkered with. ILECS should be on their toes.

said by Iceman4u2 :

How do you know? Are you speaking for All Power companys?? I think you need to put away your broad stroke of a brush and get a number 2 pencil.

Dozens of utilities that ran trials of the service in the last three years took a pass on making a business venture of it.

"This is not our core business," said Deborah Drew, a spokeswoman for Massachusetts Electric Co., the state's biggest utility with 1.3 million customers. "We think it works, but we certainly wouldn't want to be in the business of being an Internet service provider."

"You also need to talk about whether there's a business model for coming in late with what is basically a me-too broadband service," said Matt Davis, an analyst with The Yankee Group in Boston. Because of lingering bitterness over their disastrous 1990s forays into telecom, like NStar's big losses in RCN, Davis said he thinks many utilities' investors are pressuring them to steer clear of running broadband networks, even if they use their existing electric lines.

Mass. Electric's Drew said that while the Westborough-based utility has no interest in providing Net service directly, it would be open to a partnership with a provider like EarthLink. "We're open to talking to ISPs," Drew said. "We'd basically take a landlord approach and rent out space on our lines, but we wouldn't participate in providing the service."

said by russotto :

PECO (Philadelphia division of the power company Exelon) tried to make a go at it as a CLEC, a joint venture with Adelphia (a bit that split off before the fall), but they sold out their stake to their partner (now TelCove). As far as I know PECO has had nothing to do with BPL. I believe this is a fiber network.

said by Iceman4u2 :

I'm not blinded, as some poster stated, I wish all technology's have a chance to grow.