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NetEng_Dude
join:2004-07-17
4 edits | BPL is Junk Broadband The NMRC is nothing more than an industry lobbying front and PR mouthpiece (aka Astroturf). The BPL industry shills have been making the same ridiculous claim for the past several years. 2003, 2004, 2005, it's still not the year for BPL, and never will be. It's a turkey. Regardless, it is increasingly apparent that the BPL industry is comprised of the clueless and incompetent when it comes to Internet broadband. The list of BPL failures grows daily. No traction, defective technology, bad press. It's a desperate industry.
BPL is junk no matter how many hyped-up press releases with bogus claims are issued. The biggest laugh in this one, the claim that a quarter million homes had the opportunity to choose BPL. Looks like 99.99% must have said no to the offer. What a joke.
Kudos to BBR and others in the media for exposing these phony special interest lobbying fronts. Well done. | |
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Matt
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
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| Re: BPL is Junk Broadband said by NetEng_Dude  : 2003, 2004, 2005, it's still not the year for BPL, and never will be. It's a turkey. Regardless, it is increasingly apparent that the BPL industry is comprised of the clueless and incompetent when it comes to Internet broadband. The list of BPL failures grows daily. No traction, defective technology, bad press. It's a desperate industry. BPL is junk no matter how many hyped-up press releases with bogus claims are issued. Well, why don't you take your OBVIOSULY superior intelligence and help these folks out?
You surely could make a few million off consulting fees alone. | |
| | w2co
join:2003-07-16
Longmont, CO
| Re: BPL is Junk Broadband "Well, why don't you take your OBVIOSULY superior intelligence and help these folks out?"
Because you cannot help out a naturally flawed technology.
Why don't you read up on the technology and all of it's problems, not just flame off on the things you know nothing about. Jeeze! it's people like you who are the reason for this crappy technology and why it's made it this far in the US. What a waste of time and money - too bad this money will need to be paid back to the uninformed investors. Guess who will end up paying it back via higher bills. | |
| | | David95037
join:2003-04-16
Morgan Hill, CA
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| Re: BPL is Junk Broadband notsodumb
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duke-energy.com
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Ahh the scream of the ignorant.
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Ah the meaningless comment direct from Duke Energy one of the BPL companies driven by greed.
The Duke plan is to install the BPL system then make all the ratepayers pick up the tab.
»charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlo···ry2.html
No cost to Duke only profits and destruction of the spectrum. | |
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kg4icg
join:2003-11-16
Herndon, VA | To bad they for got the little tidbit about how the plug was pulled on the Manassas BPL situation because of the high cost and problems.
R Collins
p.s. my truck is bigger then your truck cause my mommy said so | |
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rf_engineer
join:2003-08-04
USA
| Re: BPL is Junk Broadband said by kg4icg :To bad they for got the little tidbit about how the plug was pulled on the Manassas BPL situation because of the high cost and problems. The plug was not pulled on Manassas, they're just on their second partner/contractor. The following were shut down:
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
The system was deactivated by the carrier after a ham filed interference complaints. The carrier attempted to resolve the interference issues, but after 11 weeks or so, the interference was still unresolved. The FCC stepped in and the carrier voluntarily deactivated the system.
Penn Yan, New York
The system had open interference complaints, and the system integrator decided to discontinue the BPL trial and migrate to wireless.
Raleigh, North Carolina
The carrier announced deactivation of the system which they claim was a successful trial. The system had numerous interference complaints lodged, however, most of which were unresolved at the time of the announcement. It's arguable whether this shut down was due to interference, but the FCC never officially dismissed the interference complaints. | |
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