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moonpuppy

join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
·Verizon Online DSL

reply to fiberguy
Re: HaMs are now Safe!

Sure, I can post responses. BUT will you even read them?

Seems most of the pro BPL crowd do nothing but yell about the benefits of a new medium to deliver high speed access but fail to recognize the problems with this particular technology.

So let's dive into to my comments:

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Again, it is not just HAM radio that gets interfered with.

This is a fact. BPL (with the possible exception of the Corridor System) does pollute the frequencies used not only by Ham Radio but by other commercial and military entities. Even the FCC mandates that BPL systems may not be located close to certain military locations. Amateur Radio uses only 4Mhz total bandwidth under 30MHz.

Notching can only hide the problem so much. While one user may be safe, others will suffer.

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Some people choose to live in certain areas and those areas don't have broadband for a myriad of reasons.

Fact is some people prefer to live in certain areas and, in fact, there was a huge discussion on here about the availability of broadband in general (no just BPL.) Cities will get it first followed by areas with a high density of those likely to get it.

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Unlucky= those who get high priced broadband with no competition.

This happens with or without BPL.

Again, how many times do we still see areas with just one provider and all those "franchise agreements" that won't let anyone else in? What about phone companies that won't upgrade COs because cable is already there?

Even with the price drops of DSL, cable has not lowered their rates at all. Cable is upgrading the speed, Verizon is going to FIOS, and others are looking into faster forms of DSL. I doubt BPL can catch up PLUS (much to my disappointment) there won't be a cheaper, lower speed tier for casual users (email checking, web browsing, non-geek crowd.)
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