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March 30th, @02:23PM

Good idea but...

From an engineering standpoint, BPL is not a very good idea just for the reasons stated in the article. I know that many people here could care less about the airwaves, but many people depend on that same set of frequencies for either a living, safety, or just plain communications.

I know that some people think that everyone will be on the net and no one will need the radio, but there are just too many requirements that will not be met by the net. Maybe if they came up with a safe and world wide wireless system, then net-to-net communications will be viable.

edit: On the third read through, if the power companies did fiber along side the power lines then they may have a gold mine. After all, fiber is immune to any interference except possibly at any repeaters. Thus you could run fiber right next to a 100KV line or a 110 V with no issues. And since in most cases you already have right away to the house, you do not have to gig a new path.
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