Wiring an old hotel for wireless Internet access can easily cost more than $1 million in construction and cabling costs, and that doesn’t even factor in the lost revenue when rooms are unavailable due to the work.

But some hotels have found a way around that problem using power line communications, or PLC, products, from Telkonet Inc. The company’s technology, also known as “broadband over power line,” is installed in the basement of a building and connects to its existing electrical system. To get wired broadband access, guests simply plug a modem into any electrical outlet.

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