"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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Dee D. Flint wrote:
"reasonable doubt" wrote in message
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - President Bush, hunting for votes in hotly
contested Sun Belt states, said Friday his administration is working
toward wiring homes throughout America with high-speed Internet access
by 2007.

Seems rather inconsistent with his current policy though. Since Patriot

Act

II peeled through, I see more of a totalitarian agenda from Capitol Hill
that, in good keeping with dictatorship policy would stand to lose by
widespread high-speed internet access. Of course, when you have a

population

as stupid as the American populace I suppose it really doesn't matter

after

all. I fairly sure that there are some Americans somewhere waving their
flags about this BPL news, as they do for anything the government tells

them

to.



Broadband doesn't always mean BPL. You are getting confused here.
Broadband can be via cable modem such as I just signed up for or even
via a
wireless system. Do not assume that the term Broadband, when used
alone,
means BPL (Broadband over Power Line).

I saw the news clip and BPL was not mentioned, only Broadband.

As one of the endangered species of fiscal conservatives, I wonder how
this will be funded? There are large parts of the country that will
require many many miles of fiber to reach one family.

- Mike KB3EIA -


What really needs to be done is at the point of end of the line, simply go
with RF. Works for cellular quite well. Small low power 'nodes'. Linked
by fiber and/or wire. No RFI, better security, and a dang lot easier to
run and keep working.

Dan/W4NTI

On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 16:32:11 GMT, Dan/W4NTI wrote:

What really needs to be done is at the point of end of the line, simply go
with RF. Works for cellular quite well. Small low power 'nodes'. Linked
by fiber and/or wire. No RFI, better security, and a dang lot easier to
run and keep working.

That's what someone did in rural eastern Oregon to cover a 600
square mile area - lots of non-licensed low power Part 15 "Wi-Fi"
nodes. Off-the shelf low-cost equipment for both the provider and
the subscriber and no communication interference problems.

--
73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon