axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| It was worth a try
Technologies always look impossible at first. Who would have thought that unlicensed WiFi would be so popular and useful? Besides us DSLR people of course ;p
The important thing is that BPL didn't get past the trial stage, once all the problems with it was clear. It took a lot of protests and complaints, but things turned out right this time. |
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titoyay222
Premium
join:2005-04-27
Cincinnati, OH
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| I have BPL here in cincy (current communications). It has been a great service but I also subscribe to TWC RR service. That's my main connection. I only used my BPL service when RR was down or inconvenient for me to hook up to my switch.
It's a good service whenever I used it. Pings were usually low in the mid 30's. On occasion it would have lag spikes up to 80 or so. I'm not sure what was up with that.
I'm not sure what they mean by failed though... according to the current site they are expanding to Texas. It's a new section they added recently. So is the FCC going to be stopping this tech. or what? |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
·Comcast
| said by titoyay222  :... So is the FCC going to be stopping this tech. or what? It's not up to the FCC to stop or allow BPL, they (really Powell, then Martin) were just pushing this as proof there was "competition". BPL simply seems to be failing in the marketplace, except for a few existing deployments.
the FCC touted BPL as the "third broadband provider" to compete with telco and cable; it never was and never will be anything other than a niche product in a few markets. |
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T1 Rocky
join:2002-11-15
Dallas, TX
·Time Warner Cable
1 edit | reply to titoyay222
said by titoyay222 :I'm not sure what they mean by failed though... according to the current site they are expanding to Texas. It's a new section they added recently. So is the FCC going to be stopping this tech. or what? They sold the Texas network in Dallas to a power company who is now going to use all of the millions of dollars of fiber to.....read meters remotely. Yep that's right. 100 Mbps of how many watts people are using.
So while I have 100 Mbps to my power meter, I have the awesome choices of $50 per month for 784Kbps from Time Warner or $90 per month for 784Kbps dsl from AT&T (and they throw in a phone line so I can call my cell phone and find it when its lost inside the house.) Free enterprise rules!!!
We'll miss you pipe dream BPL. You were our only hope. |
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axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC | reply to titoyay222
Now I feel silly, I didn't know they were actually allowing it to run. Got any static on your TV? |
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