Eldavojohn writes "Ars has a summary of the curious events enveloping the death of broadband over power lines (BPL). We've discussed BPL's trials and advances here many times. The Federal Communications Commission's go-ahead was halted last year by a federal court, after a suit by the stars and bars Radio Relay League over claims of unacceptable radio butting in from BPL. The DC Court of Appeals judge noted, 'There is little doubt that the [FCC] deliberately attempted to exclude from the record manifestation adverse to its position.' The ARRL's FOIA request to obtain non-redacted brass tacks* finally bore fruit under the Obama administrations more open FOIA guidelines. The ARRL's introductory dissection of the released dossier point out a few critical areas where the FCC redacted data that is clearly adverse to the claims of BPL proponents. By rights, this ought to lay BPL to rest once and for all." A story at Broadband Reports notes that BPL is dying on its own, as most of the vendors who had been testing it "have since moved on to promote smart electrical grid functionality."

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