[RFI] BPL Protest Opportunity? Give up? NO!

Ian White, G3SEK G3SEK at ifwtech.co.uk
Mon May 10 09:04:23 EDT 2004


Alex wrote:
>"Ian White, G3SEK" wrote:
>
>> It's still peanuts
>> compared with the projected income from BPL,
>
>What is the projected income of BPL?
>
Ask the people who are proposing it - "to infinity and beyond"!

>It will take years to break even, if they ever, I'd think, and it's not
>like they have a head start. The fact that companies like Earthlink look
>at this technology is maybe just to prevent possible future exclusion.
>It's like car manufacturer's looking at renewable resource powered
>engines. They just want to make sure they're there if something
>interesting happens. Not only that. They may see this technology as a
>vehicle to offer broadband services in countries where alternatives like
>wireless, cable of fiber infrastructures are not available (yet).

In the latter case, you may wish to object against being used as lab 
rats for a technology that isn't needed in your own country.


-- 
73 from Ian G3SEK


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