Seems to me a sewer system would make a dandy microwave waveguide. Maybe
that's
the answer to networking via the sewer? I'd want to install a notch filter on
my toilet,
though!
73,
Ken - VE3HLS
RF Noise Identification
http://www.ve3hls.com/noise/rfihome.html
On 24 May 2004 at 18:09, WA2BPE wrote:
> Last September ('03), there were a couple of "Dilbert" strips about
> "High-Speed-Data-By-Sewer" - pretty funny.
>
> Tom - wa2bpe
>
> Dave Bernstein wrote:
>
> > Great. Then let's get the sewer companies involved in providing
> > broadband access; they've got fat pipes into lots of houses.
> >
> > Seriously, if national defense and homeland security are truly
> > priorities, then the power industry should be focused on
> >
> > 1. making the grid reliable
> >
> > 2. making the grid secure
> >
> > Either of these are major undertakings; both are all-consuming. In
> > light of this, how can one justify defocusing the power industry
> > from these critical objectives in order to chase after broadband?
> >
> > Who besides the power industry can accomplish these objectives?
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Dave, AA6YQ
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rfi-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rfi-bounces@contesting.com]
> > On Behalf Of Eric Rosenberg Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 22:53 To:
> > rfi@contesting.com Subject: [RFI] More Thoughts on BPL
> >
> > As you all do, I too, find all of the discussion regarding BPL most
> > fascinating and wide ranging.
> >
> > What I read here on the RFI list seems to miss the point that, as I
> > read what the White House has put out on the subject, BPL is only
> > one tool in a much larger toolbox that administration is using to
> > achieve its stated goal of universal access to broadband
> > technologies by 2007.
> >
> > To state it more simply:
> > The administration's vision is to create jobs and foster economic
> > growth. Broadband technology is to be the engine, as it can reach
> > all sectors of the American society. It's not about any one
> > technology, it's about the economy. It's political, not technical.
> >
> > Read the material I've listed below: health care (telemedicine) and
> > education (distance education) are prominantly mentioned, with the
> > underlying notion that national defense and homeland security must
> > be assured first.
> >
> > I can't explain why BPL has achieved such prominence other than that
> > it appers to go along with the open market philosophy currently in
> > vogue that says that the suppliers of broadband technology shouldn't
> > be limited to the traditional telecommunications carriers.
> >
> > The policy document from the White House: "A New Generation of
> > American Innovation" is worth a read:
> > http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/technology/economic_policy200404/t
> > oc.h tml
> >
> > as are the following Presidential speeches:
> > April 26, 2004
> > - http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/20040426-6.html
> > March 26, 2004 -
> > http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/03/20040326-9.html June
> > 13, 2002
> > http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/06/20020613-11.html
> >
> > While I cannot answer the question as to whether Sen. Kerry has
> > taken a position on BPL, I can't imagine he'd oppose (or even talk
> > about) the administration's high-level position as I've stated it
> > above. It's as American as Mom and Apple Pie, and crosses all
> > political lines.
> >
> > Eric W3DQ
> > Washington, DC
> >
> >
> >
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