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1. [RFI] BPL alternatives (score: 1): Author: kelly at thejohnsons.ws (N6KJ); Date: Fri Aug 15 13:34:08 2003; I can certainly understand why there are people out there that are frustrated by their inability to get broadband access to their home, BUT there is no way you can convince me that polluting the HF r; /archives//html/RFI/2003-08/msg00107.html (7,660 bytes)
2. [RFI] BPL alternatives (score: 1): Author: CliffHazen at aol.com (CliffHazen@aol.com); Date: Fri Aug 15 14:04:46 2003; The FCC isn't the critical party to convince concerning the practicality of BPL. The power utilities are the force behind the steamroller. They smell a huge cash cow, $40 per month from 50% of the ho; /archives//html/RFI/2003-08/msg00108.html (8,225 bytes)
3. [RFI] BPL alternatives (score: 1): Author: dgsvetan at rockwellcollins.com (dgsvetan@rockwellcollins.com); Date: Fri Aug 15 14:20:39 2003; Kelly, Thanks for the link. Yep, that's one promising way, although it still needs R&D time AND an actual, viable market to develop. The kicker is that for those of us who are in the boonies right no; /archives//html/RFI/2003-08/msg00110.html (11,052 bytes)
4. [RFI] BPL alternatives (score: 1): Author: wa2bpe at infoblvd.net (WA2BPE); Date: Fri Aug 15 15:01:11 2003; 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). Fiber will also have its own problems as modems will still requir; /archives//html/RFI/2003-08/msg00112.html (11,557 bytes)
5. [RFI] BPL alternatives (score: 1): Author: n4zr at contesting.com (Pete Smith); Date: Fri Aug 15 15:39:47 2003; I just don't see an economic argument for BPL -- the same people who now can't get DSL, or cable internet, and who don't chose to go satellite, make up the hardest-to-serve, most-scattered constituen; /archives//html/RFI/2003-08/msg00113.html (8,934 bytes)
6. [RFI] BPL alternatives (score: 1): Author: kelly at thejohnsons.ws (N6KJ); Date: Fri Aug 15 16:36:15 2003; You don't think the power companies are content with selling BPL only to "people in the boonies" do you? The "we only want to serve the country by providing broadband to all those poor souls that don; /archives//html/RFI/2003-08/msg00114.html (9,304 bytes)
7. [RFI] BPL alternatives (score: 1): Author: wa2bpe at infoblvd.net (WA2BPE); Date: Fri Aug 15 17:03:25 2003; Just the "booties"? (BTW, some is not my post, but the one answered). Not hardly. I would believe that their ultimate goal is exactly as you say - become the primary (if not the only) ISP. I would be; /archives//html/RFI/2003-08/msg00115.html (10,659 bytes)
8. [RFI] BPL alternatives (score: 1): Author: k5uj at hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ); Date: Fri Aug 15 18:03:08 2003; I believe Hughes Direcway two-way satellite internet access is not much more than a DSL connection now, around $60-70/month. see http://www.direcway.com/ I totally do not get why people in remote are; /archives//html/RFI/2003-08/msg00116.html (8,367 bytes)
9. [RFI] BPL alternatives (score: 1): Author: kelly at thejohnsons.ws (N6KJ); Date: Fri Aug 15 18:24:24 2003; The Direcway system has not been marketed very well and few know about it. Yes it would meet the needs of most web-surfers, but it does not have enough bandwidth to meet business/SOHO needs or the ne; /archives//html/RFI/2003-08/msg00117.html (9,338 bytes)
10. [RFI] BPL alternatives (score: 1): Author: watson at sierracmp.com (George K. Watson); Date: Fri Aug 15 18:40:57 2003; Most of the satellite services are plagued by various problems and have received a pretty bad reputation as a result. One, I believe, is in receivership. Another has been sued by its subscribers. One; /archives//html/RFI/2003-08/msg00118.html (8,471 bytes)
11. [RFI] BPL alternatives (score: 1): Author: larbot at jorsm.com (Larry Botkin); Date: Fri Aug 15 19:56:00 2003; It seems like a good idea but under the terms of service if you do a lot of downloading and surpass some fairly low limits they start slowing the connection down.. After a point, you can be at 56K sp; /archives//html/RFI/2003-08/msg00119.html (11,739 bytes)
12. [RFI] BPL alternatives (score: 1): Author: k1mk at arrl.net (Michael Keane, K1MK); Date: Fri Aug 15 23:41:22 2003; 802.16a is a protocol in search of a spectrum allocation. As such, it's more likely than not to eventually show up in one or more of the 902 MHz, 2.4 GHz & 5.8 GHz "unlicensed" bands, bands that are; /archives//html/RFI/2003-08/msg00122.html (9,329 bytes)
13. [RFI] BPL alternatives (score: 1): Author: k1mk at arrl.net (Michael Keane, K1MK); Date: Fri Aug 15 23:45:21 2003; 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; /archives//html/RFI/2003-08/msg00123.html (8,635 bytes)
14. [RFI] BPL alternatives (score: 1): Author: k3mm at comcast.net (Tyler Stewart); Date: Sat Aug 16 00:22:31 2003; I'm not sure where the 50 percent came from, but that's a highly unrealistic number. What I'm betting on is that they cant make it pay for itself. BPL companies are still riding high on venture capit; /archives//html/RFI/2003-08/msg00124.html (10,280 bytes)
15. [RFI] BPL alternatives (score: 1): Author: k5uj at hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ); Date: Sat Aug 16 13:05:02 2003; At the risk of being the downer, I want to point out that I think BPL won't go away easily even if ARRL et al. win this one. That may have happened in highly regulated areas like JA and Eu, but the U; /archives//html/RFI/2003-08/msg00126.html (9,656 bytes)
16. [RFI] BPL alternatives (score: 1): Author: W4EF at dellroy.com (Michael Tope); Date: Sat Aug 16 13:19:53 2003; This is what makes the claims of rural service somewhat dubious. Unless you are with a few hundred feet of a fiber run, it is questionable whether it will make economic sense for a BPL provider to in; /archives//html/RFI/2003-08/msg00127.html (9,527 bytes)
17. [RFI] BPL alternatives (score: 1): Author: wa4tukhr at comcast.net (Patrick A. Thompson Sr.); Date: Sat Aug 16 15:16:18 2003; I agree! Sign me up! Pat wa4tuk; /archives//html/RFI/2003-08/msg00128.html (7,753 bytes)
18. [RFI] BPL alternatives (score: 1): Author: k5uj at hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ); Date: Fri Jun 6 20:26:24 2003; The Sprint broadband service is (or was, not sure if it's still in business here or not) in the Chicago area also. They put antennas on top of Sears Tower. Out here in the burbs, users would stick th; /archives//html/RFI/2003-06/msg00023.html (7,405 bytes)

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