Asmodeus1
join:2004-05-26
Spring Valley, CA
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May 17th, @05:36PM
| no way...
bpl will go nowhere and i hope it fails... |
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DHRacer
Fire Survivor
join:2000-10-10
Lake Arrowhead, CA | And Wimax is any different...sheesh, that's a hype machine too, with a questionable future. |
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David95037
join:2003-04-16
Morgan Hill, CA
 ·Be There
| said by DHRacer  :And Wimax is any different...sheesh, that's a hype machine too, with a questionable future. At least WiMax does not pollute the most sensitive parts of the radio spectrum. |
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antdude
A Ninja Ant
Premium,VIP
join:2001-03-25
| reply to Asmodeus1
said by Asmodeus1 :bpl will go nowhere and i hope it fails... I can't get broadband service here. BPL would be fine.  |
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justmesqui
Just-
Premium
join:2004-05-14
BH9 2RJ | reply to Asmodeus1
same here !!
i believe more in UWB over gas lines |
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Asmodeus1
join:2004-05-26
Spring Valley, CA | reply to antdude
bpl would be the worst thing you ever asked for... |
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antdude
A Ninja Ant
Premium,VIP
join:2001-03-25
| said by Asmodeus1 :bpl would be the worst thing you ever asked for... Worse than dial-up and satellite (expensive and slow)? |
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Asmodeus1
join:2004-05-26
Spring Valley, CA
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the problem is, is that most of you people are dupes... you will believe any new piece of crap hype that comes down the pike... who says you need BPL...? why...? just because it comes down through your power lines...? do you even understand what you are getting...? it's hard enough to transmit power with the least amount of resistance across these vast lengths of lines and now you want to transmit signals and packets across them too...?
get a clue people, bpl is one of the worst things that could happen to broadband, ever... it will literally cause so much RFI and EMI problems that it will render many things useless... you have no idea what BPL is capable of in terms of the harm it can do... |
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Asmodeus1
join:2004-05-26
Spring Valley, CA
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said by antdude :said by Asmodeus1 :bpl would be the worst thing you ever asked for... Worse than dial-up and satellite (expensive and slow)? if you value your ability to use electronic communications properly, then i'd say YES, it would be and is worse than just about any type of electronic communication facility out there right now...
you have to compare BPL implementation with a similar situation involving a high tech company being taken public and making its owners wealthy... they don't want a bunch of hobbyists asking lots of questions and scaring off investors, greedy and stupid utilities and gullible municipalities... BPL is strictly a money making venture and nothing more, not because it will benefit you, but because it will produce nothing in the end and a lot of people would have and iwll pay for the privilege of saying they did and have nothing to show for it in the end... |
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Phil
Rojo Sol
Premium
join:2001-06-11
Camarillo, CA | reply to Asmodeus1
While it may not go anywhere, success in BPL would further fuel competition between DSL & cable.
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to antdude
If you live in a sparsely populated rural area, you wouldn't get BPL either. Read the article and the companies even admit it would cost more to deploy it to rural areas than highly populated cities who, for the most part, already have some type of high speed access. |
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Asmodeus1
join:2004-05-26
Spring Valley, CA
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said by Phil :While it may not go anywhere, success in BPL would further fuel competition between DSL & cable. uh, that is an absolute falsehood since cable and dsl providers already know what a scam it is anyway and do not see it as any kind of competitive vehicle to begin with... remember, they have already done the analysis and i'm pretty sure, they are just chuckling at how they can get into the money grab themselves... please don't fool yourself into thinking that this is a legitimate venture that will fuel some sort of competition because it won't... if anything, it will only serve to remove money from peoples pockets on the notion of its hype... |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD | reply to Phil
All BPL would do is drive people back to DSL or cable when it fails to live up to its hype and the speeds are no where near that of the competition. |
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX | Re: Broadband Over Powerline 2005- NYC
Ooh... a conference flyer. That must mean it's legit. |
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