Viscer
join:2005-07-25
Sandy, OR
| Maybe you've forgotten
What dialup speeds are like on 30 year old lines.
Any glimmer of broadband hope for the people that do live in the sticks is a breath of fresh air. Granted, it may never come because broadband is currently deployed in areas where the companies deploying it make their most money. Areas that have Cable, DSL and Fiber, get faster and faster and cheaper and cheaper.
I have satellite. It costs me about 60 US/month. I am limited to 160megs of download at a time before I'm dropped to dialup speeds. I live in Oregon, where it rains...so I have a fair amount of times when I'm out of service.
I have Verizon's EVDO...but I don't get broadband where I am...just a bit too far out.
My only other choice is Fractional T1 (frame relay) or full T1 line (No ISDN, DSL (25kft) or Cable). Telco priced a 128k dedicated line for 200US/month...and my isp would be an additional 200/month.
So for the record...when I hear there "might" be something on the horizon that can even get me close to 1996 DSL speeds...I get excited. |
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rf_engineer
join:2003-08-04
USA
| BPL isn't going to bring broadband to rural areas any quicker than DSL or cable has (or hasn't). BPL isn't a long haul technology; you still need to get the Internet to the BPL feedpoint using fiber or telco facilities. Also, you need repeaters every 2000 feet or less.
If BPL was truly the solution to rural broadband, wireless would have filled this void years ago before BPL came on the scene in the US. |
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1guest
| Please go to UPLC.ORG and check out the BPL deployment map. |
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