Whirlpool News - Large-scale BPL trial begins in Tasmania

Whirlpool News - Large-scale BPL trial begins in Tasmania

"Large-scale BPL trial begins in Tasmania
Tim Gaden | 2005-Sep-13, 12:45 pm | Australia

The world's first large-scale trial of Broadband over Powerline (BPL) technology began in Tasmania today.

TasTel claims the new BPL technology can offer Internet access at up to 200Mbit/s, significantly faster than the speeds reached by ADSL2 and 2+ technology.

However, the actual speeds offered during the trial are much slower. The fastest priced BPL plan offered by TasTel is only 4Mbit/s and includes only 2GB of data for $79.95/month. (It offers a 12Mbit/s plan, 'price on application'). The slowest plan is 256/64 and includes an astoundingly small 20MB of data, which includes uploads. An additional network access charge will also be levied, although it is being waived for the trial, which could last twelve months.

TasTel says that these prices are 'cheap' and lists a number of other questionable 'great benefits' of BPL over traditional ADSL service delivery."


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