batageek
Slave To The Duopoly
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join:2003-01-25
| reply to Cerabus12
Re: Backup
I'm not arguing its ability to bring services. It just seems like it would be cheaper and faster to deliver those services to the actual home via wireless.
All of the BPL builds I've read about aren't pushing any sort of video product and their speeds seem to be limited to the 6 to 10 mb range as far as speed is concerned.
If we can assume that a BPL plant has a fiber backbone (i think i'm safe on that), and that the powerline stuff is just used to get it into a home, i don't know why you wouldn't just use cheap wifi stuff at the ends.
again, i'd like to be proven wrong here and learn something new...
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roady1
join:2003-11-13
Cleveland, OH
| It's viable...
Particularly in places like Cleveland, who's entire west side lacks the proper switching equipment to support DSL. TWC(formerly Adelphia) has a very firm grip on the market due to poor equipment.
I'd love to use wireless or DSL...or even BPL...but any advancement keeps getting squashed by the local city laws. |
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Estragon
join:2003-06-20
Greenville, NH | Question about Cleveland
Does Cleveland bury its power lines, or do they run on poles up in the air?
And would it make a difference in the HF interference produced by BPL? |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
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| reply to batageek
Re: Backup
said by batageek  :again, i'd like to be proven wrong here and learn something new... Which will propagate a signal better, air or copper wire?
Ever tried to shoot a wireless signal around an obstruction at a 90 degree angle?
Wireless is much, MUCH harder to get right than delivering a signal over a wire. Hell, most carriers can't get a decent quality VOICE call to stay connected.
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ctceo
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join:2001-04-26
South Bend, IN
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| reply to batageek
Wireless in our area still has $200+ setup fees, and $40 or $50/month prices, We have 2 Wisps here and both are about the same. Oh and the speeds are not even that good from what we've seen on our local tests. Oh and if you live on the wrong side of a building your just screwed cause line of sight is required just like satellite tv. |
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hottboiinnc
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join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
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| reply to roady1
Re: It's viable...
With First Energy being based in Cleveland and their own Telco- First Communications you would think they'd have more push for BPL in Cleveland or even their own FTTH network. They have the money to buy out other CLECs but nothing to invest in actual networks. |
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