http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-never-a-serious-contender-21318831 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:43:10 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:43:10 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-never-a-serious-contender-21322656 said by SierraRob:

I don't understand why FCC needs BPL for this purpose, as they can always point to satellite "broadband", which covers 100% of the country. "See? Everyone has broadband! The free market rocks!"
Ask the typical hardcore online gamer if satellite based "broadband" is their preferred solution.. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-never-a-serious-contender-21322656 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:01:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-never-a-serious-contender-21319496 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-never-a-serious-contender-21319496 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:38:23 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/never-a-serious-contender-21318831
In that respect, it appears to have served it's purpose of masking the non-competitive nature of the U.S. broadband market and fooling congress into believing the FCC and incumbent's pronouncements of a "competitive market".

it didn't do so well at providing affordable broadband to the public.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/never-a-serious-contender-21318831 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:31:24 EDT