Iceman4u2
Premium
join:2003-12-02
Rochester, NY | Let the broadband speeds speed across the lines
I hope this works out. People need choices, and this is a another possible way to get broadband. If it fails..then it will be tweaked and tinkered with. ILECS should be on their toes. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
clubs:
 ·ProLog
| Re: Let the broadband speeds speed across the line
said by Iceman4u2  :I hope this works out. People need choices, and this is a another possible way to get broadband. If it fails..then it will be tweaked and tinkered with. ILECS should be on their toes. You already have cable, satellite, wireless and dsl. How much choice do you need? |
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felix_j
Premium
join:2004-08-24
Harrisonburg, VA
·Comcast
| DSL: Low availability outside major metro areas
Cable: Better than DSL, but still not enough availability
Satellite: Not cost-effective, slow and expensive
Wireless: New technology, still blossoming
BPL: Expensive, slow, high RF interferance
Fiber: Still spreading, long range for low cost.
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DSL, Cable, and BPL (if it doesn't die) will continue to be confined to major metro areas. Satellite is hampered by the laws of physics, Fiber is hampered by laziness of investors, and Wireless isn't seen as a viable option by everyone. So, for those who aren't in major metro areas, two of the three options are still growing and aren't getting the attention they deserve, and Satellite needs to curl up and die unless quantum physicists can come up with a way to increase the speed of light. |
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broadbandless in sea
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You already have cable, satellite, wireless and dsl. How much choice do you need? I have no wireless, cable or DSL providers that service my house. Unless you count $8000.00 to install cable (yes that is the real quote from the cable company), or iDSL which is expensive and slow (and doesn't qualify as broadband).
So if BPL can serve me I'm interested.
Yes I could get satellite but it is relatively expensive and the latency makes it useless for some applications such as VPNs and games. |
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dandeman
join:2001-12-05
Chapel Hill, NC
 ·AT&T Southeast
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October 28th, @09:34PM
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I followed the field trials pretty closely in the Raleigh, North Carolina area, with Progress Energy. It was pretty trying to fill the holes in swiss cheese in terms of solving the interference problems..
Sorry guys, interferencing with other over the air services given the limited frequency bandwidth available by trying to use power lines that were never designed to be RF transmission lines (antennas, maybe) is not going to cut it... |
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