THE FINAL CONNECTION

摘要

The promise of powerline telecommunications (PLT) is great. Imagine: You can plug in your computer and get on the internet through the powerline...automate your electrical appliances via the wires alreadyrnattached to your home...get low-cost internet access, climate control, and lighting control for your office building and pay your bill to the electric company.rnWhy not? Utilities, after all, have used similar powerline technology for internal communications purposes for decades—and the connection to the customer already exists.