Business and Regulatory Issues Slow Commercial BPL Friday, August 20, 2004 Faced with the recent shutdown of at least 3 trials (CD Aug 11 p4), the broadband over power line (BPL) industry is assertin
The PLCA doesn't give the ARRL much credit for focusing on the BPL-generated RFI issues and staying quiet about BPL's poor economics. "This has become like an unmitigated war that ARRL has declared o
But the ARRL doesn't claim to have expertise in economics. If they criticized BPL on economic grounds, why should anyone take them seriously? Now if the ARRL has members with expertise in economics,
One doesn't need expertise in economics to point out the flaws in BPL's economics any more than one needs expertise in calculus to point out the flaws in 2+2=22; they are equally glaring and egregiou
"One doesn't need expertise in economics to point out the flaws in BPL's economics any more than one needs expertise in calculus to point out the flaws in 2+2=22; they are equally glaring and egregio
I agree that we should stay out of the financial projection business, Ford. We should be in the "raise reasonable doubts" business; for example 1. Why would a cable or DSL subscriber switch to BPL, g
Opportunity costs never factor in. Offering a service for $30/mo when the competitor sells his for $40/mo does not result in any 'expense' to the discounter. Sorry... When a system gets built out, th
This argument by the BPL industry doesn't pass the smell test. If the BPL industry truly felt that the ARRL was spreading misinformation regarding their technology they would do what any other well-f
You are all missing one important detail that could make BPL worthwhile even if it doesn't get but a small share of the internet business; as I and others have mentioned here on "RFI" before, the rea
"... This has become like an unmitigated war that ARRL has declared on this industry." I am delighted that UPLC feels that way! Most of us realise that wars are expensive to run and that very few peo
Another important thing is that most technical people understand when it becomes personal, that means the guy making it personal has no technical options left. He has to paint the other guy as perso
I'm sorry Ford, but the discussion is regarding broadband access, and you cannot service 1000 broadband customers using 60% of a 1.54Mb circuit. Many years ago you could service 1000 small dial-up cu
The ISP is a rural carrier. They connect dial-up customers. And they do use a T1. Sorry... Ford-N0FP ford@cmgate.com _______________________________________________ RFI mailing list RFI@contesting.co
Given the large number of homes in this country with cable or DSL connectivity, why aren't electric utilities already providing these services if they represent such a compelling opportunity? Cable+H
The only other point I would add to this sub-thread is that the cost of backbone network access is not on the "raise reasonable doubts" list. Its pretty well understood, and provides little wiggle ro
At 01:15 PM 9/1/2004, Dave Bernstein wrote: Given the large number of homes in this country with cable or DSL connectivity, why aren't electric utilities already providing these services if they repr
I think that the ARRL has done an outstanding job of working with local hams to force BPL pilots to confront their RFI issues, despite less than enthusiastic support from the FCC. I also agree with y
<<President Bush has already publicly stated the need to make such changes. The administration's position is predicated on the belief that BPL is a great way to quickly get everyone a high speed conn
At 02:21 PM 9/1/2004 -0400, Tom Rauch wrote: If technical people still ran the FCC, BPL would never have hatched. Unfortunately it is money running the FCC now. The question is how we get a voice. No
Good question Dave. I'm just repeating what I was told by our marketing guys. I'll run that question past those guys at work tomorrow! (I'm just the dumb RF guy;-) I suppose it has to do with who pay