"Michael Coslo" wrote in message
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Michael Coslo wrote:
Jim Hampton wrote:
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BPL has one and only one selling point: If you have BPL service, you
can plug your computer into any power outlet in your house - or your
neighbor's house, if it's served - and get a highspeed connection. It's
a 'last mile' delivery system, nothing more.
The plug into the outlet thing is kind of a day late and a dollar short
IMO. My desktop computers are plugged into the walls, but all of the
family laptops are wireless. So it might be a hard sell to tell someone
that they will just have to plug into the wall socket to get their
internet, when they now don't have to connect to anything!
I hadn't really considered that before but I can see where the wireless home
network is going to diminish the value of "plugging into any electrical
outlet" sales pitch. Many of my friends, as well as myself, have wireless
networks for the laptops and desktops. BPL is going to lose a lot of ground
here as by the time they get deployed, if they get deployed, will be a late
entry into that game.
Dee D. Flint, N8UZE
Dee D. Flint, N8UZE