Abstract
Broadband Internet Access Services through Power Line Communication to the Rural Dwellers in Nigeria
Highlights
The advent and proliferation of internet in the recent times has increased the quest for digital telecommunications services in every dwelling places of human beings
The proliferation of the wireless technology and broadband access for real time application of diverse services, and the quest for transmission of digital voice, video and internet data at the comfort of one home and within the neighborhood is on the increase. It will take a fortune and a lot of time to get this done through special cable fresh fitting of the required facility. This hassle is alleviated by Power Line Communication (PLC) technology that is well suited to be used on the already existed and wide spread low and medium voltage networks infrastructure capable of high speed network transmission and other numerous benefits It is the longing of internet customer that the digital electronic in the house environment be connected together for easy access of file transfer, information exchange among all these peripheral of the house and appliances
With the emergence of PLC, this challenges can be eroded .This implies that once the laudable project is implemented over 50% of Nigeria population who currently rely on electricity as a source of power will benefit from cheap and accessible internet services
Summary
The advent and proliferation of internet in the recent times has increased the quest for digital telecommunications services in every dwelling places of human beings. Broadband access is likely going to be the only way out of connectivity shortage and quick connection to internet services which will integrate data, voice and video service applications for the benefits of rural and remote dwellers of our great nation [1]. The major challenge has been the absence of adequate infrastructure for the different digital telecommunication systems that have emerged over the years to provide the internet services at various degree of data rates to populous country like ours. The possibility of digital telecommunication services being super impose on the already existing electricity distribution networks will provide a superhighway for broadband internet connectivity to every home, office, factory and a large percentage of the nation if not all will the connected regardless of their location in the country [2]
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