SuperJudge
Magus
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join:2002-11-14
Albany, GA
clubs: | Good Luck - CO
You'll need it, everybody seems to be having bad luck with this.
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HotRodFoto
Premium
join:2003-04-19
Denver, CO |  If anything it WOULD work here...I know excel is also considering it. Colorado has a LOT of small towns in the mountains that are isolated, where no one will service. |
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rf_engineer
join:2003-08-04
USA
| said by HotRodFoto  :
If anything it WOULD work here...I know excel is also considering it. Colorado has a LOT of small towns in the mountains that are isolated, where no one will service.
Small isolated towns are probably the worse suited for BPL due to its architecture. BPL has less of a range than DSL and cable. It requires repeaters every 200m or so, each of which are in the $4k to $5k range. Everyone seems to be under the impression that BPL is "plug and play" on the utility side, but it's far from that. It's not a long haul technology, so all of the traffic needs to be backhauled via telco facilities or fiber strung between feedpoints. I won't go into the numerous radio spectrum interference issues as they've been beaten to death on BBR, but it's a major obstacle. The article refers to BPL as new technology, but the fact is they've been trying to get it to work without ill effects for five or six years.
The business model for BPL in rural areas is very questionable. Chances are if you don't have DSL or cable, you'll never see BPL. Wireless is actually much better suited for covering an area like you're describing and is much more scalable and proven. |
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w2co
join:2003-07-16
Longmont, CO
| reply to HotRodFoto
"Colorado has a LOT of small towns in the mountains that are isolated, where no one will service."
That's just it, no one will service those areas because it is not financially feasable to do so. No company is going to foot the bill for repeaters, equipment etc., needed to reach small customer bases. It just doesn't make sense financially. However it does make sense to target the more populated communities like Denver/Boulder areas. Just in case, I have my "normal spectrums" of the noise floor from 3Mhz through 1.2Ghz recorded of the front range area here, and will gladly compare to any areas that may become infected with this idiotic technology. If these noise floor measurements show the slightest increase in the already high noise floor, prompt complaints will be filed. This with NIST traceable equipment and high operator credentials. |
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