[RFI] IBM Plans Broadband Over Power Lines For Rural America

[Michael Tope]

digital-conjurers at roadrunner.com wrote:

>....and I love the last paragraph:
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>"....used by ham radio operators and others."
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>Uh, you mean, like, the military and other government agencies, some of 
>them mission and life-critical?  Gee, he forgot to mention those...
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>Reminds me of a recent article in the Wall Street Journal discussing Radio 
>Free Asia's shortwave service; the author seemed astounded that you could 
>"cover an entire continent with one transmitter," and marvelled that "the 
>technology was invented in the 1920's..."
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>Now, I know the WSJ is written at an eighth-grade level for clarity, but...
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><sigh>
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>-Lin/KJ6EF
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I've seen this same argument used elswhere presumably to denigrate 
technology that is not in vogue as if HF transmitter technology hasn't 
advanced one iota since 1920 and nothing in a cellphone has any roots in 
1920's technology. What hewy.

Mike W4EF..............


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>At 09:07 AM 11/12/2008 -0800, you wrote:
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>>Just when you hoped  BPL was dead:
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>>http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212002016
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