| Let's see the specs first...... ...........then we can decide how much of this is hype. |
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| If they could provide me with 128kbit symmetrical service with this, I'd be pleased. Living in the boonies, my satellite service is the only "broadband" available. I'd love to have something I could game on, even if speeds weren't amazing.
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Cheyenne, WY | said by CMoore2004:If they could provide me with 128kbit symmetrical service with this, I'd be pleased. Living in the boonies, my satellite service is the only "broadband" available. I'd love to have something I could game on, even if speeds weren't amazing. As been said a thousand times if you live in the boonies
BPL is not coming your way any time soonie 
I did that without my morning coffee....shows doesn't it 
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| Perhaps not soon, but it'll make its way. I see no need for it in the city--they all have DSL, cable, or wireless available. Even here, the cable from one city ends about 2 miles...both ways... from my house.
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said by Transmaster:As been said a thousand times if you live in the boonies BPL is not coming your way any time soonie I did that without my morning coffee....shows doesn't it Will you stop it?
Anyway, you are right, BPL is heavily dependant on infrastructure and will not be deployed to anywhere but areas with sufficient density. Rural people will never see this unless they put in a fiber backhaul to a central point and even then, only within a small area. |
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Banks, OR | reply to CMoore2004
If you live in the boonies, you are probably the only customer served by your utility's transformer. And those transformers are probably widely spaced. So it would be economically impractical to provide you with BPL.
Anyone who says BPL is the great rural hope is just showing that they don't understand how BPL is deployed. Even in urban areas in the U.S., it's tough to make the business case. Maybe in Europe, where one node on a transformer can serve 200-300 customers, it might be possible to make a profit. But in the U.S., the average number of customers in urban areas is only about ten. |
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Gautier, MS | reply to CMoore2004
I don't see a need for it in city areas either. I mean, c'mon. They have DSL, cable, wireless (as you mentioned), and even some have fiber... |
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