nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
 ·Comcast
| the tech that wouldn't die
why in the hell is BPL still around? It's never gone anywhere and looks like it never will. How is it able to hang on - sympathetic VCs? Stupid CEOs?
this is the closest I've ever seen anything come to vaporware without actually being vaporware. |
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Tikker_LoS
join:2004-04-29
Regina, SK | BPL seems like it has a lot of potential
it'd be interesting to see how BPL would change the broadband landscape if they could ever work out all the interference bugs with it |
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Mactron
el camino Real
Premium
join:2001-12-16
CM94sv
| Nowhere...
A going nowhere technology backed by a going nowhere company. 
Penny stock,
OTCBB:ABTG $0.066
"has yet to see a penny of net profit"
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If only the Verizon CSRs worked this well. |
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
 ·AT&T Midwest
1 edit | reply to Tikker_LoS
Re: BPL seems like it has a lot of potential
Interesting how? Its top speeds are less than mid-range DSL, it is prone to interference from both natural and man-made sources, it rides on a physical layer which is a massive interference-generator itself, and it can't scale easily. It doesn't even work well for remote/rural deployment.
This dog is dead in the starting box. |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
1 edit | Where is Mr. BPL stock fluffer?
Guess the press releases weren't enough.
How his "other" business is doing well. |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
Premium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ
| reply to Tikker_LoS
Re: BPL seems like it has a lot of potential
what i dont get is if the power company wants to provide data, just run fiber right with their power lines. they already have the right of way. and to weasel it past the Corrupt regulators in the government say its real purpose is for remote reading of meters so that 100-1000s of meter vans dont have to go out and pump CO2 into the air for a job that could be remote. and then once the hardware is in place quietly in electric bills offer customers data services with their electric.
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[65 Arcanist]Filan(High Elf) Zone: Broadband Reports |
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gwion
wild colonial boy
Premium,ExMod 2001-08
join:2000-12-28
Pittsburgh, PA | I'm optimistic...
... That BPL will never pose a significant threat to ... dial up.  I stand on my previous comments; it's a farce. |
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ncone1952
Premium
join:2006-06-08
Wallace, NC | reply to Kearnstd
Re: BPL seems like it has a lot of potential
I concur with you on that proposal. |
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rf_engineer
join:2003-08-04
USA
| reply to moonpuppy
Re: Where is Mr. BPL stock fluffer?
said by moonpuppy  :Guess the press releases weren't enough. How his "other" business is doing well. We still have his cell phone videos we can watch 
»youtube.com/watch?v=poebrLv1H-Y |
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AGBell
@cox.net | no more meter readers
the utility industry is behind the scenes here, hopeful that BPL utilization will allow remote meter reading and similar services. |
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rf_engineer
join:2003-08-04
USA
| said by AGBell :
the utility industry is behind the scenes here, hopeful that BPL utilization will allow remote meter reading and similar services.
Automatic meter reading (AMR) was around before BPL became mainstream; they use low-bandwidth PLC or wireless to do it. PLC is better than BPL because it doesn't need repeaters and it doesn't have the interference problems of BPL. AMR can use BPL, but BPL is not a requirement for AMR and arguably the utility industry could be doing other services with PLC if desired. |
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KB2PSM
join:2002-08-06
Long Beach, NY | Even the BPL automatons can't hold on to it.
This topic is so beat up that even the die hard "BPL is heaven" trolls don't bother to post anymore! |
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