n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
 ·Optimum Online
| Has it been a month already?
I lost track of time as we get one of these "Rosey" BPL predictions monthly. I can practically set my watch by these reports.
[SARCASM]Yes, BPL is the greatest thing since the invention of the Internet itself. It will save the rural areas from dialup and satellite. It will force cable and DSL to lower their prices due to competition. Year 2xxx (insert random number) will be the year of BPL.[/SARCASM]
Did I forget something?
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Time4aNAP
Premium
join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL
| said by n2jtx  :Did I forget something? Yes:
"(insert random company name here) has shown promising results in obtaining (multiply your current download rate by a random number between 10 and 1000) speeds in a limited market. They expect to expand their test market to (get a globe, find where you live, turn the globe 180° and choose the first small city you see) real soon now."
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snorpus
join:2000-10-02
Export, PA
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said by n2jtx :Did I forget something? Unlike the systems proposed by [Random Competitor #1] and [Random Competitor #2], we have addressed the spurious claims of interference, resolved them to our satisfaction, and plan to soon introduce a commercial deployment that will service over 100,000 homes.
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rf_engineer
join:2003-08-04
USA
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said by n2jtx :Did I forget something? [sarcasm]Power utilities are doing BPL because they want to give cheap broadband to everyone. Internet will be everywhere with BPL. It will be faster/cheaper/better than cable/DSL/fiber. It will also prevent blackouts as everything from transformers to your toaster oven will talk BPL.
The FCC approved BPL and it's been mandated by the President to have broadband coverage to everyone, so BPL must succeed.[/sarcasm] |
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Time4aNAP
Premium
join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL
| And nuclear energy will make electricity so inexpensive that utilities won't bother metering it.  Why does this all sound familiar?
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