[RFI] BPL - "no business case . . ."

[Bill NY9H]

good article  looks independent....
so I sent a note with that article to my congressman....
bill
At 03:43 AM 10/17/2004, Roger Harrison wrote:

>BPL BUSINESS CASE A STILLBIRTH - INDUSTRY ANALYSTS
>
>The US-based TechNewsWorld website ran a followup story to the FCC's 15th 
>October announcement on rules for broadband over powerline.
>
>The story carries quotes from two of the world's heavyweight industry 
>analyst  firms, Meta Group and Frost & Sullivan. Try these for size:
>
>Meta Group senior analyst David Willis said although the FCC initiative to 
>breed more competition into the U.S. broadband market may have its merits, 
>the power line broadband effort is unlikely to do so. "It's hard to make a 
>business case," Willis told TechNewsWorld.
>
>Frost & Sullivan industry analyst Imran Khan told TechNewsWorld . . . 
>"They could maybe expand the [broadband] capabilities in rural markets, 
>but they're not big enough to make it worthwhile," Khan said.
>
>Both Willis and Khan said that broader, faster wireless broadband 
>technologies are much more likely than BPL to serve the market segments 
>that cable and DSL currently do not reach.
>
>See "FCC Tries To Jolt Life into Power Line Broadband" at:
>http://www.technewsworld.com/story/37378.html
>
>Roger Harrison VK2ZRH
>
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