"starman" wrote in message
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Frank Dresser wrote:

[snip]

There's a comedic theory which states that hard consonants are
funnier than soft consonants. Based on that theory, the term BPL could
be
as much as 100% funnier than PLC


I've found that using the term 'BPL' in a web search will produce more
results than 'PLC'.



Theory confirmed. BPL gets more hits than PLC on Giggle.com.

Frank Dresser

"Frank Dresser" wrote in message
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"starman" wrote in message
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Frank Dresser wrote:

[snip]

There's a comedic theory which states that hard consonants are
funnier than soft consonants. Based on that theory, the term BPL could
be
as much as 100% funnier than PLC


I've found that using the term 'BPL' in a web search will produce more
results than 'PLC'.



Theory confirmed. BPL gets more hits than PLC on Giggle.com.

Frank Dresser

But if you really want to be pedantic, the correct term is actually BPLC -
Broadband Power Line Communications, according to the Australian
Communications Authority that is...

"Martin" wrote in message
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But if you really want to be pedantic, the correct term is actually BPLC -
Broadband Power Line Communications, according to the Australian
Communications Authority that is...





The always helpful ARRL expands these acronyms:

"(BPL) also goes by a few other names and acronyms: Power Line
Communications (PLC, Power Line Telecommunications (PLT), and Power Line
Broadband (PLB) are terms also used. "

http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/plc/

But just what is the ARRL, anyway? They make it clear on the same webpage:

"The ARRL--The National Association for Amateur Radio-- "


Now that's funny!

Frank Dresser