"Bob Miller" wrote in message
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On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 16:28:42 -0400, "Dee D. Flint"
wrote:




I saw an analysis somewhere on the web (didn't mark the URL) that
indicates
BPL will not be cheaper the dial-up or various other types of service
unless
it is subsidized. Perhaps they plan to increase the electric rates to
make
it up?

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE

Actually, they have a better idea than increasing electricity rates.
The highly effusive BPL story that ran in Time Magazine recently said
BPL will bundle internet access with telephone service and
video-on-demand.

We hams got a hell of a fight on our hands.


Video on demand??? They gotta be outta their pea-pickin' minds.. Where they
gonna get the sort of bandwidth they need to provide all those services?
It's not like they're going to have ADSL type bandwidths available to every
home (and the more homes they connect, the less bandwidth they will have
available for each).. and I have problems at times with Video on Demand with
my ADSL line (supposedly 10 Mbit, but I rarely acheive download speeds
greater than about 400Kbit).