rf_engineer
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| reply to pinhead22
Re: Here we go again Broadband via Power Lines wins
said by pinhead22 :
people here can`t face the facts that BPL is here to stay and grow.... BPL will become one of the ACCESS BROADBAND pipes as well as the tool for upgrading our 120-year old ELECTRIC POWER GRIDS into a SMARTER grid... we lost so much time against other countries when it comes to VERY HI-SPEED BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY like AUSTRALIA, CHINA, ITALY, etc... these countries our trialling BPL as we speak. The US has been trialing it as well, where have you been? Other countries are ahead of us in broadband because they've been deploying DSL, not BPL. BPL is just a footnote there like it is here.
The tool for making smarter grids is here now. Non-interfering, more economical and technically feasible PLC has been around for decades and is being used successfully on a widespread basis for meter reading.
FCC is a blessing for Consumers and a curse for the HAMS !!!
Many on BBR will argue that the FCC is the core of the problem with broadband in the US to begin with. BPL is just a too little, too late solution but one that fits into political agendas and is easily hyped to the general public who doesn't know any better. Despite your glee that hams didn't get some additional requests, the FCC still committed to protect wireless spectrum and act more quickly to address interfering systems. This will be a blessing for vendors who comply with the rules and address problems and a curse for those who ignore their responsibilities.
Texas, North Carolina, Indiana were spearheading the deployments folks... BPL with same speed upload and download using the new 200 Mbps BPL theoritical speed combining with FIBER-TO-THE-HOMES is a real blessing to America !!! Cincinnati is in Ohio, not Indiana, BTW. You conveniently forgot Manassas, VA, the first "BPL city". I don't recall North Carolina having a non-trial system with a significant number of paying subscribers. Where's a BPL customer getting anything that exceeds cable speeds using these new 200 Mbs systems? Please, show me one!!!!!! 
Theoretical speeds are just that, theoretical. Fiber beats BPL in spades, and so does DSL and Cable with speeds and deployments that are based in reality. Just look at the latest broadband numbers. In three or four years, BPL is still struggling to break the four digit subscriber barrier. Or should we be considering theoretical customer numbers as well? |
