In this respect you are 110% correct - and the politicians (in the short term)
will (may?) look like heroes. In the town I grew up, a mayor of many years back
kept taxes low - artificially low, by not keeping infrastructure up to snuff
and/or trying to pay for everything by obtaining grants. Well, he's long gone
now and it does not take a stroke of genius to figure out what inevitably
happened. Guess what though: some clueless are *still* around that believe he
was a hero. Bottom line - pay now or pay later; and later will usually cost you
more!.
If it seems to be too good to be true, it probably is; P.T. Barnum would be
proud.
Tom - WA2BPE
Jim Jarvis wrote:
> Although BPL may be obsolete in most markets...
> late entry, inadequate value proposition, etc. ...
>
> You may have missed one important thing:
>
> In the Penn Yann NY case, as in Manasas VA, the business
> model includes rebating 10% of the revenue TO THE MUNICIPALITY.
>
> It may be obsolete technology, but towns are universally short
> of funding, and will line up for the money.
>
> This is clearly a case where the FCC needed to set industrial
> policy in a rational fashion. Instead, they followed the money
> trail. That's what happens when you have lawyers making decisions
> about technology. Nirvana, it ain't, Commissioner Abernathy.
>
> James Jarvis
> Pasadena, MD
> n2ea@amsat.org
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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 00:32:05 -0700
> From: Alan Robinson <robinsah@engr.orst.edu>
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> I have been "reading the mail" on the subject of BPL. It seems a tragedy to
> me
> that this technology is still being considered. Especially because it is
> already
> obsolete!
>
> Verizon has announce that it will offer high-speed wireless Internet service
> to
> much of the country this Summer.
>
> 73,
>
> Alan, W4LKE
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> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 07:41:30 -0400
> From: David Jordan <wa3gin@erols.com>
> To: Alan Robinson <robinsah@engr.orst.edu>
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> Yes, and NEXTEL is testing a similar wirless service that is 5Xs faster
> than the Verizon product.
>
> Maybe we should have some bumper stickers made up for hams that live in
> BPL test areas that say something like....
>
> WHO WOULD WANT TO BE TETHERED TO A POWER LINE WHEN WIRELESS IS AVAILABLE?
>
> 73,
> dave
> wa3gin
>
> Alan Robinson wrote:
>
> > I have been "reading the mail" on the subject of BPL. It seems a tragedy
> > to me
> > that this technology is still being considered. Especially because it is
> > already
> > obsolete!
> >
> > Verizon has announce that it will offer high-speed wireless Internet
> > service to
> > much of the country this Summer.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Alan, W4LKE
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