n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
 ·Optimum Online
|  Good Rebuttal
...considering the poster was the ever famous "anonymous". Geesh, if you haven't got the guts to stand behind your statements, why bother crawling out of your troll cave?
BPL is not ready, nor is it likely to ever be ready, for primetime in its current form. The only promising form that has been talked about to date uses microwave frequencies instead of HF.
Frankly if the anonymous poster is complaining because he can't get broadband where he lives then let me humbly suggest the following: MOVE!
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dg2
Premium
join:2004-01-22
Lowell, AR
·Cox HSI
| From what little I know about the technology, I think it's doubtful that it will bring broadband to unserved areas. If you can't economically justify putting repeaters (RTs) on existing telephone lines, I doubt you will be able to economically justify putting BPL repeaters on existing power lines. Unless there's a big cost differential between RTs and BPL repeaters... |
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totamak
And they call me nuts?
join:2000-10-24
Los Angeles, CA | Actually it's not feasible at all. You need repeaters at 1000 meter intervals, DSL repeaters are good for about 3000 meters. So unless a BPL repeater is less than 1/3rd as costly as a DSL repeater, the economics are against it. |
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