[TenTec] BPL and Today's New York Times

[Bill Rowlett]

Yes the lines are there, but the number of repeaters needed to get the 
signal the distances needed make it non-profiatable. The problem will be the 
small return for the investors.

But, as we have seen in the past, stranger things have happened.

73,  Bill  kc4atu




>From: JOHN <ku3g at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: tentec at contesting.com
>To: tentec at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] BPL and Today's New York Times Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 
>03:52:58 -0800 (PST)
>
>hi ron, and good morning, it is economical for them because the lines are 
>already there.
>Cable modems require a high density to make it profiatable for them.
>73 john
>
>Ron Notarius WN3VAW <wn3vaw at fyi.net> wrote:
>Isn't it interesting that one of the main "benefits" of BPL being touted is
>it's "ability" to provide Internet access to rural areas... but that it 
>will
>probably not be economical to provide BPL in rural areas due to low
>population density, and will only be economical in areas of higher
>population?
>
>Oh right, there I go again, applying logic to the situation.
>
>73, ron wn3vaw
>
>"Life is pain... anyone who says otherwise is selling something"
>--The Princess Bride
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jim Reid"
>To: ; ;
>Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 8:45 PM
>Subject: [TenTec] BPL and Today's New York Times
>
>
>Feb. 12th, New York Times
>
>1. F.C.C. Begins Rewriting Rules on Delivery of the Internet
>By STEPHEN LABATON
>
>Published: February 12, 2004
>
>
>"WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 - The Federal Communications
>Commission began writing new rules today that officials
>and industry experts said would profoundly alter both the
>way the Internet is delivered and used in
>homes and businesses.
>
>In one set of proceedings, the commission began writing
>regulations to enable computer users to gain access to the Internet
>through electric power lines. Consumers will be able to plug their
>modems directly into the wall sockets just as they do with any garden
>variety appliance. Officials said the new rules, which are to be
>completed in the coming months, would enable utilities to offer an
>alternative to the cable and phone companies and provide an
>enormous possible benefit to rural communities that are served
>by the power grid but not by broadband providers."
>
>2.
>"Industry experts say that neither the phone service nor the
>broadband delivery systems offered by electric companies
>will take any sizable market share for at least the next two
>years. But in moving forward with the new regulations, they
>said the agency was reducing regulatory uncertainty and
>encouraging major companies and investors to make
>investments in the new technologies to enable them to
>move to market more quickly.
>
>The F.C.C. chairman, Michael K. Powell, and his two
>Republican colleagues on the commission said the
>agency's decisions on the two sets of rules and the Pulver
>application would ultimately transform the telecommunications
>industry and the Internet.
>
>"This represents a commitment of the commission of
>bringing tomorrow's technology today," Mr. Powell said."
>
>And once again, amateur radio's issues seem swept aside.
>
>73, Jim KH7M
>
>
>
>
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