[TowerTalk] Interference questions dog broadband over power lines -twirp blames hams for BPL shortcomings

[Pete Smith]

At 08:56 AM 1/8/04 -0800, Jim Lux wrote:
>The strategy for combatting BPL should be:
>1) Regulatory uncertainty
>2) Not enough performance to be competitive with other technologies

And perhaps add a third leg -- BPL might work best in densely populated 
areas, which are already served by multiple broadband service 
providers.  In rural areas, high voltage feeders are frequently unbalanced, 
above-ground, excellent transmitting antennas.  These also happen to be the 
areas where police and fire departments are least likely to have upgraded 
to less interference-prone systems.


73, Pete N4ZR
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