CLYDE, Ohio - City Council voted to expand its high-speed Internet program via Power Lines !!!

Article published Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Clyde boosts high-speed Internet program


CLYDE, Ohio - City Council voted 5-0 last night to expand its pilot program to develop high-speed Internet service by piggybacking on power lines.

Broadband-over-power-line service offers consumers another choice to obtain Internet service anywhere they have an electric outlet.

BPL competes with cable, DSL telephone service, and wireless for high-speed Internet access.

And by the end of the year, between 300 and 500 Clyde residents are expected to have access to that technology.

Council voted on a resolution to hire a pair of New York state firms - Sojitz Corp. of America, of New York City, and Shpigler Group, of Nyack, N.Y. - to design and provide technical support for Clyde's venture into high-speed Internet connections.

City Manager Daniel Weaver says a pilot test has gone well enough to roll out a full-scale system.

Clyde, with a population of 6,064, is about 40 miles southeast of Toledo.

The city expects to spend $750,000 on the system, and its initial customer sign-up is anticipated to be fewer than 10 percent of the 2,600 households, Mr. Weaver said.

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