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March 29th 04, 02:35 AM

In article , PAMNO
(N2EY) writes:

In article , Mike Coslo writes:

N2EY wrote:

So much for "no other method to serve the unserved areas but BPL".

Did anyone actually say that? It's highly inaccurate if they did.

I think the actual buzzphrase is "arease underserved by broadband" or some
such.

What's an "arease?"

The image depicted is that there are large parts of the USA where broadband
access is either unavailable or very expensive. That's partly true - just as
it's true that there are parts of the USA where cable TV is unavailable, and
parts where underground natural gas service is unavailable. Etc.

How many people there in those "arease?" How many people
NOT?

The *implication* is that BPL will somehow fill in those gaps, but in ost
cases
that's not really the case - for the saem reasons competing technologies don;t
serve those areas yet.

"Ost" is 'cheese' in Swedish. "Cheese cases?"

"saem?" "don;t?"

I
think there is a vision of just sending the signals over the power lines
and boy howdy, an instant nationwide network, everywhere there is a
power line, "you have mail!"

Exactly.Just like there was a vision of next-generation satellite phones that
would let all of us place phone calls from anywhere in the world via a network
of low-eart-orbit satellites. That vision worked - but it wasn't inexpensive!

In truth, a fiber has to be run to somewhere near the house that is
going to be served, so that means that rural areas will not be any
easier to serve than they are now.

And that's just the first problem. Once the fiber gets there, other competing
technologies could use it, too. Including WiFi, as described by K2ASP.

Service providers can't broadcast it? There's an IEEE standard
on it, same main number as "WiFi" (which is wired) but different
decimal numbers. 30 mile range. Not in HF.

Then there's the fact that the HF losses on power lines are so high that BPL
systems need a repeater every few thousand feet. In rural areas that may mean
a
repeater for each customer, or more. Plus couplers and other hardware for
*each* customer.

What "fact," senior? Where did you see a detailed technical description
of Access BPL that stated that "fact?" Fill us all in with all this
broadband expertise of yours.

Where in the United States are electric power distribution lines
standardized as HF transmission lines? That's not in the NEC,
either NEC.

You have technical experience in wired repeaters? Ellucidate.