In article , "JAMES HAMPTON"
writes:

"N2EY" wrote in message
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http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/12/16/3/



73 de Jim, N2EY

Hello, Jim

Greetings Jim

This may be a hot button for some time to come, but the reality is that BPL
is not going to offer the rural areas service any more than DSL. You need a
substantial number of subscribers in a given area to make something like
broadband "commercially viable".


Of course - and that's true of most broadband technologies. But the alleged
rural aspect of BPL is one of the selling points, so they're not going to admit
it's a puffball.

It is my understanding that the main limitation of DSL techniques is the length
of copper pair between the customer and the "office". So telcos have been
installing copper to fiber transitions out in the field - I believe they are
called "extenders". Main limitations are, of course, financial.

Meanwhile Ambient names ARRL as the chief opponent of BPL (that's really a
compliment, in a way) and claims ARRL is manipulating Earthlink...

Surreal.

Of course the fact that this administration supports BPL despite the facts
should come as no surprise.

73 de Jim, N2EY