One of the challenges Aurora faces along with any company operating in regional Australia, he said, is that only 40 percent of Tasmanians have PCs with Internet access.

"We are looking at a variety of ways to enter the market (as BPL offers services that have no need for a computer or PC). One of these is just simply through offering cheap IP phone calls without the need for a PC, but we are also assessing a couple of local partners to help us deliver IP TV," he said.

BPL will have an increasingly important role to play in the future digital home as vendors like Mitsubishi increasingly put BPL chips into various household appliances and equipment for remote management, according to Darwin.