Before someone tells me how stupid I am, please correct ride-of-ways to
right-of-ways in my previous rant. What can I say, I was in a hurry.
I still think BPL is a travesty and a cruel lie being foisted upon the
public at our expense!!
73, Jack, W9GT
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To: "Discussion of AM Radio" <[email protected]>; "Discussion of AM
Radio" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Bob Bruhns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] BPL, ARRL on NPR Morning edition Tuesday
The "phone companies" are not just wire line companies any more!! They are
not just interested in wire and wireless services, but getting fiber
optics to your house. With fiber, you can have nearly unlimited bandwidth
that can provide telephone, data (high speed internet service), video
(replace CATV), and perhaps many other new services that they haven't even
thought of yet. The power companies want a piece of the pie, but they are
just kidding themselves if they think they can compete wth a garbage
service like BPL. It is , by far, a technically inferior service. It
also , unlike any other "landline based services", has the potential to
create damaging interference to existing licensed RF-based services on the
HF spectrum.
If the power companies were smart (??) they would use their ride-of-ways
to build fiber optic backbones. They could also partner with telecom
companies to provide services at competitive prices instead of causing
disruption and discourse!!!
Just my 2 cents worth as a 35 year veteran of the telecom business.
73,
Jack, W9GT
-------------- Original message --------------
I know the phone companies don't want to have to go
into homes any more. They want some kind of RF link
into the home so they just turn service on or off, and
give people stuff to set up inside by themselves. I
guess the cable companies would feel the same way.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John E. Coleman (ARS WA5BXO)"
To: "'Discussion of AM Radio'"
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:35 AM
Subject: RE: [AMRadio] BPL, ARRL on NPR Morning edition
Tuesday
What I don't quite understand, is why it is easier or
cheaper to do
broadband over power lines than over phone lines.
Phone lines are already
balanced lines with a tighter EM field. Why wouldn't
that be better?
John, WA5BXO
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Merz Donald S
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:56 AM
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Subject: [AMRadio] BPL, ARRL on NPR Morning edition
Tuesday
FYI.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4801446
73, Don Merz, N3RHT
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