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Posted by timothy on Wednesday December 25, 2002 @11:39AM from the price-sounds-fine-to-me dept.

DBordello writes "After a successful two year trial run, Hutchison Global Communications (HGC) has commercially launched a broadband over power line service in selective areas in Hong Kong. According to CNET news, the service offers 1.5 megabit per second speeds at a monthly cost of HK$138 (US$17.70), but users are forced to sign a seven month contract."

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Broadband over power lines? (Score:1, Insightful)

by Andorion ( 526481 ) writes: on Wednesday December 25, 2002 @11:48AM (#4956932)

Why is this not available in the US yet?

-Berj

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Re:Broadband over power lines? (Score:2, Insightful)

by blosphere ( 614452 ) writes: on Wednesday December 25, 2002 @11:52AM (#4956943) Homepage

Because US is a backwater country, in terms of Internet connectivity, mobile phones et cetera.

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"Forced to sign"????? (Score:2, Insightful)

by kmweber ( 196563 ) writes: on Wednesday December 25, 2002 @11:52AM (#4956947) Homepage

As far as I can tell, no one's forced to sign anything. Potential users just make a decision as to what they value more.

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Re:Broadband over power lines? (Score:1, Insightful)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday December 25, 2002 @01:31PM (#4957233)

> Why is this not available in the US yet?

Maybe it was stopped by corporate pressure (telcos).
They were experimenting the same technology years ago here in Italy; it worked, but then it disappeared.

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