http://www.technewsworld.com/story/37378.html

This fellow pretty much sums up what I think about BPL, except that I
don't even give it a chance in rural communities.

BPL is a exceptionally flawed method of DSL level "broadband"

I am surprised that some would think of it as anything even remotely
modern. It is old old stuff.

There is only one way that BPL can even remotely start to get off the
ground.

That is if the rules are rewritten regarding interference. This will
mean that the BPL signal MAY interfere with any other service, and that
no other service may interfere with BPL. This would be a complete
reversal of part 15.

Won't it be something when all the power companies find they *have* to
replace all those old noisy transformers that hams have to end up
getting Riley to send them a nastygram for?

The power lines are not particularly clean. lots of loose wires and bad
transformers and insulators with problems. THey might not be much of a
problem now, but they will be a problem...

Then when the neighbors start using their treadmill and it wipes out
the BPL signal?

And hmmm, the rules have been rewritten about those wonderful
unlicensed part 15 devices, so I guess that the BPL customer can't do
anything about it?

But seriously, BPL will probably suffer an early and quick demise. What
I am really worried about is if the part 15 rules are rewritten. Even if
the rules were specifically written to exclude BPL (talk about a direct
admission of technical inferiority) it will be a foot in the door for
other industries that would like to not have to put up those fussy FCC
regulations.

- Mike, KB3EIA -

This will be my new tagline:

BPL - a Triumph of Politics over Technology