rf_engineer
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| reply to kg4icg
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. |
