I ran across this article over at 1infiniteloop.com

It seem that a couple of software engineers decided that they were through letting the cable and phone industries dominate broadband. So they formed a partnership in a garage, that eventually led to the company Etherlinx. From what I have been able to gather the principles seem sound and the deployment of this technology feasible. It will be intersting to see the outcome of this venture and the impact it will have on the monopoly held by the Tele Communications giants at this time.