AT&T says it is in advanced discussions with power companies and others to trial Project AirGig in at least two locations by this fall. One location will be in the United States with others to be determined in the coming months.
AirGig is different from prior “broadband over powerline” technologies as it does not transmit data on the electrical media, but instead moves external to the physical media, along or near to the actual wire.
The attractions are obvious. Power lines go everywhere businesses work, and people live. If AirGig works as well as AT&T hopes, AirGig might allow new options for data service access plant, and also potentially serve as backhaul for small cells.
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