"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message
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"N2EY" wrote in message
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In article ,
(Steve
Robeson K4CAP) writes:

Subject: BPL - UPLC -Repeat the lie three times and claim it for
truth
From: "John Anderson"
Date: 6/19/2004 7:52 PM Central Standard Time
Message-id: qd5Bc.119983$3x.87399@attbi_s54


"N2EY" wrote in message
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I think/hope what will really kill BPL is economics. It simply won't
be
able to compete with DSL, cable and other technologies.

73 de Jim, N2EY

Bush appointed Powell, lets boot Bush, replace him with anyone who
will
work
for the people, not the rich corporations!

And replace him with who? John Kerry?

Why not?


Very simple reason why not. According to liberals, cheap internet access
(remember it was Gore who "invented the internet" according to his own
statements) is a right so Kerry could be expected to push BPL even harder
than Bush. After all the government should decide what is best for
everyone
and amateurs are too small a minority to watch out for. Economic reality
be
damned as far as the liberals are concerned. At least the "rich
corporations" will, if BPL is not economical, kill it instead of sinking
money into it. After all they want to stay rich.

To really make any inroads in the market, BPL will need to be as cheap as
dialup and as fast and reliable as cable modem. I find it hard to believe
this combination will happen. The investment is too large. Those who are
willing to pay the price for high speed access have already switched to
DSL
or cable, etc. Even they are fighting to get people to leave dialup but
it
is the price that people generally put ahead of speed.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE


Dee,

My guess is that the investment costs will be reflected in power bills that
we *have* to pay. Of course, large corporations will get breaks on these
rates. Many utilities now charge an "access" fee so they can charge "lower"
rates. This means that while my bill states a bit over 8 cents per kilowatt
hour, I actually pay close to 13 cents per kilowatt hour. Meanwhile, folks
in Fairport and Spencerport pay something like 3.5 or 4 cents per kilowatt
hour.

All of this welfare to the wealthy (make 50 grand a year and you may well
pay higher taxes than someone making a million a year - they aren't paying
Social Insecurity, plus you have "unearned" income, capital gains ...) is
slowly bringing this country down.

I am frankly tired of folks blaming "liberals", which, loosely defined is
not agreeing with everything the Repooblican party says is gospel. It
appears one cannot even be moderate without being called a card-carrying
liberal. The last time *everyone* followed a leader without question led up
to WWII.

Watch who pays for the infrastructure of BPL. Oh, the operating costs will
be paid by the BPL users (assuming it succeeds), but stand by for who will
pay the initial costs.


Best regards from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA



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