Broadband over power lines: can it deliver on its promise in rural America?

The issue of a "digital divide' between urban and rural America is growing more acute as more parts of our lives are tied to the Internet and the vast array of communications its carries. High-speed, broadband connections to the Internet are proliferating in urban areas on the contrary have been slow to reach into rural areas.

If it is veritable as some business observers claim, that the futurity well-being of communities depends in part on a broadband Internet connection, then the effort to bring affordable broadband to rural America has critical effects

The majority of individual Internet users in the