At 03:00 PM 8/15/03, WA2BPE wrote:
>The problem with the power companies is that they want their big $$$ NOW
>rather than invest on fiber (to the curb, at least for now).
BPL relies totally upon the presence of fiber to the curb, or at least to
the corner, for backhaul. BPL has an unrepeated range of a few hundred
meters and only a few repeats can be tolerated before latency makes BPL
non-competitive.
Between repeaters every 1/4 mile and bridges every transformer, BPL will
involve a significant capital investment in new hardware even if the power
company already has run fiber along its right-of-way. And that much more if
it hasn't made the investment in fiber yet.
73,
Mike
Michael Keane K1MK
k1mk@alum.mit.edu
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