anon22
@svtv.com
| BPL not dead to feds
WASHINGTON, September 24, 2008 - Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today announced that broadband and telecommunications loans totaling more than $342 million are being awarded to 18 communications firms serving 22 states. . . . International Broadband Electric Communications, Inc., in Hokes Bluff, Ala., was selected to receive a $49.2 million loan to construct a broadband over power line (BPL) network. The company will partner with 13 electric utilities to provide BPL service in seven states to connect 62,143 subscribers. The states are Alabama, Indiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin. |
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rf_engineer
join:2003-08-04
USA
| said by anon22 :
WASHINGTON, September 24, 2008 - Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today announced that broadband and telecommunications loans totaling more than $342 million are being awarded to 18 communications firms serving 22 states. . . . International Broadband Electric Communications, Inc., in Hokes Bluff, Ala., was selected to receive a $49.2 million loan to construct a broadband over power line (BPL) network. The company will partner with 13 electric utilities to provide BPL service in seven states to connect 62,143 subscribers. The states are Alabama, Indiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Wow, what a waste of money. 18 firms? Where? This loan would have made sense four years ago, but now BPL has pretty much been shown to be a dead dog. I hope they've budgeted for bad debt because I doubt they're going to see these loans repaid.
Oh well, I guess it's time for the third tier utilities to try BPL. The first and second tiers ones tried it and abandoned it. Maybe if they throw more money at it this time  |
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BPL
@charter.com
| said by rf_engineer  :said by anon22 :
WASHINGTON, September 24, 2008 - Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today announced that broadband and telecommunications loans totaling more than $342 million are being awarded to 18 communications firms serving 22 states. . . . International Broadband Electric Communications, Inc., in Hokes Bluff, Ala., was selected to receive a $49.2 million loan to construct a broadband over power line (BPL) network. The company will partner with 13 electric utilities to provide BPL service in seven states to connect 62,143 subscribers. The states are Alabama, Indiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Wow, what a waste of money. 18 firms? Where? This loan would have made sense four years ago, but now BPL has pretty much been shown to be a dead dog. I hope they've budgeted for bad debt because I doubt they're going to see these loans repaid. Oh well, I guess it's time for the third tier utilities to try BPL. The first and second tiers ones tried it and abandoned it. Maybe if they throw more money at it this time its not a dead dog it works great.The problem is its to costly to operate,and most electric company's don't want to be a internet provider,but as for it being a dead dog its not.I think if they can work out the interference problems with ham you will see more and more company's deploy it |
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rf_engineer
join:2003-08-04
USA
2 edits | From a marketing, competition, and scalability standpoint it's a dead dog.
By the way, you're on Charter, they don't do BPL.... |
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BPL
@charter.com | no they don't your exactly right,but i wish Georgia power would.why does everybody hate bpl so much,or is it just hammies that hate it |
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rf_engineer
join:2003-08-04
USA
| In a nutshell BPL has no credibility because it's never lived up to the hype. BPL companies ignored the technological issues and essentially unleashed lawyers and marketing people to solve technical problems. The interference to wireless spectrum was the main thing that made many put BPL under a microscope. Ultimately it was market forces that caused the decline of BPL.
Google "BPL" and spend the next four or five hours reading articles from 2003 to present if you want the gory details. |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to BPL
said by BPL :
no they don't your exactly right,but i wish Georgia power would.why does everybody hate bpl so much,or is it just hammies that hate it
Here are a few of the reasons.
They said it would bring broadband to rural communities. BS, it needed way too much infrastructure to get it to work in dence suburbs.
They said it would compete with cable and DSL and lower prices. Didn't happen.
People wanted speed and BPL did not have it. |
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