[RFI] BPL -- copy of letter to st. URC

[Ian White, G3SEK]

Tom Cox wrote to his utility company:
>
>If such losses occur, will the utilities be allowed to make rate payers 
>help them recover their investments? Since the majority of existing 
>electrical customers will not be likely to buy BPL, either because they 
>already have cable,  DSL, or another form of Internet access or because 
>they are simply not interested in Internet access, it does not appear 
>they should be forced to help the electrical utilities pay for it.
>
Good argument, Tom. Since this whole BPL thing is money-driven, "follow 
the money" is also the best way to undermine it.

We need solid technical backup too, but those aren't the arguments that 
will sway investors.

David Sumner is doing the same in his rebuttal letter to the Wall Street 
Journal, by pointing out that BPL looks like a bad investment. In the 
WSJ, that is what will get their attention.


-- 
73 from Ian G3SEK         'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)

http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek