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Stats from 2006

If they are in fact still "the latest" and a far cry from the projected 2 million, why not? They are clearly labeled to show their age and serve to show this is in fact a dead horse.

reply to Automate
Actually, AP got it wrong. The latest statistics from the FCC are as of the middle of 2007:

»hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a···06A1.doc

The report is based on mandatory reporting requirements.

In the report, the FCC says that there are 100,900,000 broadband lines of at least 200 kb/s in at least one direction. Of those, 5,420 are BPL. As of mid 2007, BPL enjoys a market share of 0.0054% of the broadband lines in the US.

The total could be a bit higher as of the end of 2007, or now, but not dramatically so.

Utility uses such as meter reading do not count in this total. The industry has been focusing on the utility side of the equation for some time.

Ed Hare, W1RFI@arrl.org
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Newington, CT 06111
Tel: 860-594-0318

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reply to KeysCapt
Because there is nothing new here. Everything in the AP story has already been said in the May 2 posting. The only thing different is the number of subscribers which is old news and not even the newest numbers from the FCC