JeedaiKnight
0verthinking
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join:2002-03-15
Portland, OR
| Some people need hope!
I'm not into the technology, so don't bash me for "BPL kills this wavelength" or whatever. But for some of us rural folks, BPL might be a great option. I know at my parent's house, there are no cable lines, we are too far away from a CO that is DSL-equipped to get that, and no wireless reaches us. Our only option is sattellite, which is expensive and laggy. What do we do? All you city folks can bash BPL all you want...but my parents would give anything short of paying thousands of dollars to wire us a chance to get better than the 21.6K dial-up we have. (yes, it always connects that slow.) I sure hope something else pops up in BPL's place...some people are still suffering!
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| Maybe you haven't seen the articles.
BPL needs repeaters every 1000 feet. Add those up and you can see the costs associated with rural deployment. The same costs that cable and telcos have servicing rural areas. Just because you have powerlines does not mean you could get BPL.
Do a search on here and you will see an article where Comcast wants $10,000 to wire up one small area.
BPL was never going to serve rural areas. PERIOD. |
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Toadman
How do you like these Apples
join:2001-11-28
Medina, OH
1 edit | I agree, every rural area has phone lines, but they are not all serviced by DSL, they are limited by distance. BPL is limited too and the companies that roll it out are going to look for the maximum penetration for the minimal cash outlay. |
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