Plugging In

I read about the idea of delivering Internet and other access via electrical wiring--through sockets that are in every room, usually placed in the most inconvenient of places. But in Japan it is becoming a reality--and it's faster than Ethernet. I like the idea--though whether I pay NiMo or Time-Warner for Internet access seems like a case of six of one, half dozen of the other. But I am sanguine about the idea of consolidating a variety of functions into a single device or connection. And I suppose it would be less of a hassle than delivering Internet access through the plumbing.