Re: What is the problem with it? in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r14867731 en Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:08:42 EDT Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:08:42 EDT Re: FIRST U.S. CITY-WIDE BROADBAND OVER POWER LINE http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14879013 rf_engineer :
said by guest01 :

In AUSTRALIA: Tasmania powers up 12Mbps broadband over powerlines !!!
By Munir Kotadia, ZDNet Australia
13 September 2005 04:46 PM

»www.zdnet.com.au/news/communicat···6,00.htm

REMEMBER... BPL delivers the same hi-speed download and upload... which in theory, we could use VIDEO-Phone calls without lag or delay in transmission... back and forth !!!
Hello, Unknown Investor! Symmetrical bandwidth and network latency are two different things. In theory you could use cable, dsl, wireless, or fiber for video phones as well.

I like the statement in the article about BPL being capable of going faster than ADSL2+ which uses "analogue lines". It's funny how they throw stones at analog lines while BPL uses the worst medium known to man for broadband transmission and continues to struggle with making it work and dealing with the side effects. And somehow BPL's unproven future potential beats what competitors offer today.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14879013 Fri, 25 Nov 2005 09:52:41 EDT Re: FIRST U.S. CITY-WIDE BROADBAND OVER POWER LINE http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14877879 anon : In AUSTRALIA: Tasmania powers up 12Mbps broadband over powerlines !!!
By Munir Kotadia, ZDNet Australia
13 September 2005 04:46 PM

»www.zdnet.com.au/news/communicat···6,00.htm

REMEMBER... BPL delivers the same hi-speed download and upload... which in theory, we could use VIDEO-Phone calls without lag or delay in transmission... back and forth !!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14877879 Fri, 25 Nov 2005 02:29:56 EDT Re: FIRST U.S. CITY-WIDE BROADBAND OVER POWER LINE http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14872816 moonpuppy : There you are.

You do know this article is over a month old. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14872816 Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:27:43 EDT FIRST U.S. CITY-WIDE BROADBAND OVER POWER LINE http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14872306 anon : COMTek NEWS RELEASE
October 05, 2005

MAJOR U.S. TECHNOLOGY MILESTONE:
COMTek, CITY OF MANASSAS DELIVER FIRST CITY-WIDE
AVAILABILITY OF BROADBAND OVER POWERLINE (BPL) IN THE U.S.



RE: »www.comtechnologies.com/pr_10_05_05.htm]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14872306 Thu, 24 Nov 2005 06:40:27 EDT Re: What is the problem with it? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14867731 Estragon : If you want to pick out only one problem with BPL and call it the problem, the big problem is that the utility companies cannot figure out how to make any money using BPL.

The typical BPL trial seems to end early with this style of announcement:

We are ending the trial. It was successful and we learned alot. Oh, and we will not be deploying BPL at this time.

We are left to guess at the reasons why. It could be:

    • We could not solve the RF interference problems.
    • Solving the RF interference problems made the costs of deployment too high.
    • RF interference was not a problem, but the deployment costs are always higher than the costs of DSL (or cable, or FIOS, or ...).
The BPL equipment makers claim that the RF interference problem has been solved. If so, it appears that there is no business model with a high enough ROI for the utility companies.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14867731 Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:31:47 EDT Re: What is the problem with it? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14866915 rf_engineer : FAQ: »www.qrpis.org/~k3ng/bpl.html]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14866915 Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:56:21 EDT What is the problem with it? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14866244 statecop : Is it something to do with the speed, latency, or does it have sort of distance limits similar to dsl?
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