[TowerTalk] "The Socialized Power Grid"

[AA6DX - Mark]

I LIVE 3 BLOCKS FROM THE  COUNTY COURTHOUSE .. take into consideration ..
I just switched from having (for 5 years) PacBell DSL, 5 static IPs, 
~300-400 up, ~ 1.5 down .. to the new Cox 5 down, 1 up ... worky worky worky 
... have had as gud as 9 down, but it is hard to believe the modem will do 
that .. but, seems to!  7 down pretty not-unusual ... UP .. well .. never 
wunnerful like the down numbers, but usually ~400 - 1000
...Heck of it all, now Cox has announced they shall sell our "Behind the 
Redwood Curtain" business.. ahhhh ... what next .. BTW .. never, never .. 
after 1st month's horsin' `roun' ... NEVER prob with Pacbell, unless the 
contractor down around Santa Rosa mined a line with his backhoe.
Bottom line .. cable good .. DSL good .. DirecWay OK .. but .. lag -- still 
beats heck out of 56K ..
I still, even though "retired", take care of a lot of computers .. and keep 
on top of whatta hey is going on.   The problem getting the BPL into the 
non-availble sites now will be over-run by new technology, and guess who 
makes the bux .. when they already know that what is being proposed is 
"HISTORY":  Producing Edsels when there is no need, but boy .. they get 
paid!
My cost .. was a deal for 2 months, now .. $54.95/mo  -- used to was $65--  
DSL -- but .. had 5 static IPs .. now 1 Dynamic.
I still am a rep for the best LL ISP in the area .. QUIK - which is what 
SOME need...... and all they need .. locally.
BPL is junque, before it hits the airwaves.
Mark .     AA6DX    Tower Monkey .. way back!
ARRL at ARRL.NET
(Promoting the ARRL SF Convention .. June 3-4-5  -- Ferndale, CA  -- BRING 
YOUR QSL, LOTS OF PRIZES OFF OF THE QSL BOARD!)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji at contesting.com>
To: "Courtney Judd K4WI" <k4wi at earthlink.net>; "Bob Nielsen" 
<nielsen at oz.net>
Cc: "TowerTalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] "The Socialized Power Grid"


>> Bob and all, I use Direc way satellite and consistently
> get  600K down and
>> 128K up. So much better than dialup here out in the
> country where no DSL or
>> cable will ever be! 73's Cort
>
> ...and I have a two channel ISDN line that actually gives a
> true 110-120K speed either up or down on the two bridged 64K
> channels, and I'm about 25 miles on a telephone copper pair
> from the central office where the equipment is.
>
> I pay $80 a month.
>
> I'm one of those "target people" in an area not served by
> cable or DSL. Go figure why anyone would think BPL could
> ever offer something useful in rural areas!
>
> My guess is it's really more about how our political $ystem
> works than anything else.
>
> 73 Tom