On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:28:27 -0300, "Beth McBob"
wrote:

Getting a lot of hits for "30" miles.

This doesn't contradict your quote, just expands upon it.

Hi Beth,

The reason why it is inspecifically cited as "practical" is that
throughput is negotiated against distance and greater demand against a
constant capacity. If you want to share the same resource with 33
times more customers, you have to accept 3% the bandwidth. Classic
Cellular Telephone history. BPL couldn't possible keep up with
terabyte demand, star configurations against fiber optic trunks will
prevail.

I really get a hoot out of correspondence here comparing BPL to
advances in science like Penicillin, when it is more like the legacy
of Thalidomide. Folks thought that was a miracle drug too.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC