This is horrible, just horrible. I think BPL will have a problem of limited bandwidth and this will make it impractical, but they will still force it on us. The power lines were never meant to carry radio signals (digital or otherwise). I imagine they will have to have lots of repeaters to boost the signals -- this is all so inefficient and it will limit bandwidth and speed while at the same time ruining radio communication. It does sound like the big business and big government types have found a perfect way to kill off AM radio, amateur radio and shortwave listening all in one "solution." An inferior mode of transmitting data for the Internet that, oh by the way, will ruin other modes of communication.
"It does sound like the big business and big government types have found a perfect way to kill off AM radio"
Would you believe it's the liberals way of eliminating right wing talk shows that they can't compete with.