I would say this whole idea has been sold by people more interested in
getting the money of ignorant investors that building a workable system. BPL
will likely die shortly after implemenation if it ever gets off the grond at
all. The cost is just to high for it to be viable.

"King Zulu" wrote in message
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Nothing like trying to use something intended for one use for some other
unrelated use. Why would any fool want to put high-speed transmission
data
on an unshielded single wire feedline that travels for miles in a hostile
communications environment? One would think the idea wouldn't get off the
professor's desk. Maybe PhD's should harvest rice six months each year to
find out what the real world is all about?

ak