Jim Haynes wrote:

In article , starman wrote:

The test will come when someone files a law suit against a BPL provider,
siting interference to some area of the HF spectrum. Until then it's
hard to say what the future of BPL will be. Hopefully the BPL industry
will be discouraged by the constant threat of litigation.

Or, it may be necessary to sue FCC to enforce its own regulations.

That would be a class action suit I would support.


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"Mark Keith" wrote in message
...
| "Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote in message but BPL
| can be shut down by amateur operators who will, inevitably, need to use
| a higher power. (insert evil grin here)
|
| Lets all become obsolete old farts and run long winded, high power,
| weiner roasting, AM!!! Let the Calling All Powerlines "CAP" contests
| begin! My henry console is jumping around squeaking and beeping like
| R2D2 just itching to join the fight against the dark side. MK

Perfect! Wiiiiideband AM, maybe 10 KHz wide, for that sweet,
high - fidelity sound.

Of course, we should all get one transmitter for every band...

This idea makes the upcoming Hamfest Minnesota seem even
more promising!

73,

--
Steve Lawrence
KAØPMD
Burnsville, Minnesota

"If a man wants his dreams to come true then he must wake up."
- Anonymous


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I'd be surprised if BPL actually started raking in
some dough for two main reasons:

1) Joe Average isn't going to think that hooking up
his power line into a little "box thingy" (my non-tech
relatives' term) is going to give him "instant internet",
he'll think that it'll probably fry his computer at the
first lightning strike or power outage. (Corollary:
I'm still having a problem convincing my father that
we could run an outside antenna into his house to
improve his television reception safely without it
becoming a target for lightning. My parents' house
isn't the highest house in the area and there are plenty
of trees that are higher, unlike my own abode.)

2) Phone line DSL and Broadband Cable already have
a huge lead in this dept. Locally, the DSL provider
eliminated the speed difference between it and
Zoomtown by bumping people up to 3 Mbps. BPL
would have to go much faster and/or be much cheaper
before people would switch. Unless, of course, Time
Warner continues to suck in terms of service....

--Mike L.


"Sir Cumference" wrote in message
...
JuLiE Dxer wrote:

Let the war begin?!

America versus the evil FCC and money hungry electrical companies!

If, and I say if, BPL ever does get rolling and raking in the big
bucks,
watch for Powell and some of the other higher lawyer officials in
the
FCC leave for high paying jobs do nothing jobs with energy companies
as
their reward for pushing BPL through.

Corporate America can spy on you much, much easier through BPL. As if
data mining spy apps aren't bad enough.


On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 15:01:36 -0400, "Michael Lawson"
wrote:

I'd be surprised if BPL actually started raking in
some dough for two main reasons:

1) Joe Average isn't going to think that hooking up
his power line into a little "box thingy" (my non-tech
relatives' term) is going to give him "instant internet",
he'll think that it'll probably fry his computer at the
first lightning strike or power outage. (Corollary:
I'm still having a problem convincing my father that
we could run an outside antenna into his house to
improve his television reception safely without it
becoming a target for lightning. My parents' house
isn't the highest house in the area and there are plenty
of trees that are higher, unlike my own abode.)

2) Phone line DSL and Broadband Cable already have
a huge lead in this dept. Locally, the DSL provider
eliminated the speed difference between it and
Zoomtown by bumping people up to 3 Mbps. BPL
would have to go much faster and/or be much cheaper
before people would switch. Unless, of course, Time
Warner continues to suck in terms of service....

--Mike L.


"Sir Cumference" wrote in message
...
JuLiE Dxer wrote:

Let the war begin?!

America versus the evil FCC and money hungry electrical companies!

If, and I say if, BPL ever does get rolling and raking in the big
bucks,
watch for Powell and some of the other higher lawyer officials in
the
FCC leave for high paying jobs do nothing jobs with energy companies
as
their reward for pushing BPL through.