[RFI] Econometric study of BPL

[Pete Smith]

In one of the comments on the current NPRM, I found a reference to Promises 
and False Promises of PowerLine Carrier (PLC) Broadband Communications – A 
Techno-Economic Analysis by Rahul Tongia, Ph.D., Asst. Research Professor, 
School of Computer Science (ISRI)/Dept. of Engineering & Public Policy, 
Carnegie Mellon University (<mailto:tongia at cmu.edu>tongia at cmu.edu).  This 
excellent econometric analysis by an apparently disinterested academic can 
be found at <intel.si.umich.edu/tprc/papers/2003/246/Tongia-PLC.pdf>.  It 
stops short of declaring Access BPL “doomed to fail,” but raises sharp 
questions about its economic feasibility in rural areas where customers are 
sparsely located, and even in suburban areas where BPL faces competition 
from other carriers.

Worth reading.

73, Pete N4ZR
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