jadebangle
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join:2007-05-22
Olathe, KS
 ·SureWest Internet
·AT&T Yahoo
 ·Comcast
|  Sign me up for their guinea pig experimentation
I heard they have speed of 1/1, 5/5, 10/10 which is not bad.
That was then but now it would be something like 15/15, 30/30
IMHO symmetrical connection is something that scare DSL and Cable provider
They know that if we have a better choice their so called asymmetrical broadband would be obsolete or useless to most user |
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cameronsfx
join:2009-01-08
Pensacola, FL
·Cox HSI
 ·magicjack.com
 ·Verizon Wireless B..
·AT&T DSL Service
| I have yet to see BPL work. Gulf Power investigated it but thought it wasn't worth the pain. I know it is symmetrical HSI.
I have no idea why the Feds don't just build a fiber network and rent it to ISPs. But, that would make too much damn sense. I know businesses that would kill for it. They could let most employees work from home. |
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dsdunbar
join:2004-07-24
Melissa, TX
| reply to jadebangle
BPL (or PLC, as it is called in Europe) is a hokey and crude way to send RF signals. The lines themselves will radiate interference (aptly demonstrated over and over again), and they will also be subject to interference from other radio services. www.arrl.org/bpl has lots of good info on it.
BPL is a horrid joke -- shame on IBM for promoting junk technology.
I'm all in favor of getting respectable broadband into rural areas, and I agree with the other poster -- bite the bullet, put fiber in, and in some cases use wireless to go the last few miles. |
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