This has the potential to be amazing news! If your a Dallas resident, listen up. TXU is the power provider for most of DFW. In order to read the meters and respond to power outages faster, TXU is building out a fiber network in Dallas. Currently, its in Lake Highlands, the M-streets, UpTown and Highland Park and it will gradually be moving north.

They intend to deliver internet connections via Broadband over Power Lines (BPL.) From what I have been able to gather, they intend on delivering the triple play which consists of television, phone and internet. They are still developing the technology and its not yet available in Dallas. In theory, this means that you would plug a modem into your electrical outlet and bam….you have internet, phone and TV access.

This is significant because this would introduce another competitor into the predominant duopoly currently held by the telcos (AT&T and Verizon) and the cable providers (Time Warner.) Competition is a good thing.

In my opinion, this is the biggest news to hit residential service since dsl was introduced 10 years ago.

Stay tuned for further developments……