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Satellite company gets charged up in Dallas
Coming soon to homes in Dallas: Internet over electric power lines brought to you by your satellite TV company.
DirecTV announced early Wednesday that it is partnering with the Current Group to offer broadband over powerlines (BPL) and Internet calling services at the end of this year. The first market will eventually cover about 1.8 million homes in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Further expansion depends on Current building out its network.
Subscribers will get a BPL modem to plug into almost any home outlet. The companies say the service has upload speeds faster than a cable connection.
The alliance gives DirecTV a new stick to play with in the Great Bundle Wars shaping up between the phone and cable companies. The satellite guys also may have no choice but to find new dance partners since Verizon and AT&T, which have offered calling bundles with DirecTV, are breaking into the video business on their own using new fiber networks.
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