Dr. S.: So this was an actual product (i.e. a physical box that you could take with you)? Did you note the name of the product or a website? I'd be interested in checking them out, in terms of web based reviews and such, to see if any SWL's or Ham's have had any bad experiences with it. I use AT&T's U-Verse service for my TV and internet and I'm very involved in a peer-to-peer forum about U-Verse. I did find it odd that a potential customer who could not get U-Verse said "I guess that I will contact my power company to see if I can get the internet through them. :0 Wonder if they rolling out BPL on the down-low?
73, Dave in Indy ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:33:52 -0700 From: Walter Salmaniw <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [IRCA] OT: BPL Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Perhaps not exactly on topic, but of concern to all of us who listen to radio. I was at my local Costco the other day, killing some time before my wife was finished. I noted a home internet package, using your own electrical wiring to distribute internet. Seems to me to be a home version of the dreaded BPL which doesn't appear to be going anywhere. Anyway, the packaging claimed that it passed Part 15 FCC Guidelines, but upon further investigation, the box clearly states that it uses "2 to 28 MHz". Ouch!!! Even a few milliwatts of power within a few homes around will be more than enough, I would think, to spoil my attempts at DXing. I sure hope they sell too many, as most people these days buy a good wireless router for the same or less than the cost of this beast. I hope they sell none, and ship them all back to wherever they were made! Anyone out there have the nerve to try it themselves? Comments? .....Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
