[BC] BPL flaws

[Ron Castro]

That looks much better than BPL. Since it's fiber, no QRM!

Ron Castro
Chief Technical Officer
Results Radio, LLC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Burger" <xlchief at yahoo.com>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 10:36 AM
Subject: RE: [BC] BPL flaws


>I think it would be broadband "through" gas lines from the way it is
> described here:
>
> http://www.semprafiberlinks.com/Pages/Home/Home.aspx
>
> John
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
> [mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net]On Behalf Of Dave
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 10:29 AM
> To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [BC] BPL flaws
>
>> ... The
>> article points out the real problem: deployment will start in cities,
>> because that's where the money is.  Rural service will still be costly,
> and
>> there are no guarantees that service will ever move to the outlying 
>> areas.
>>
>> Ron Castro
>> Chief Technical Officer
>> Results Radio, LLC
>
> It's been my experience that internet access in two of the cities I've
> looked into (Santa Clara (north of Eugene), Or and Lacey (adjacent to
> Olympia), Wa) are FAR behind us out here in the hinterland of the upper
> midwest (North Dakota).  I can get broadband at about 3-5 mb access speed
> via either cable or DSL (advertised as at least 1mb) for about $30/month. 
> In
> both cities mentioned above, the "broadband" access was about 256kb and at
> about $50/month. Now, the last time I checked either of these two metro
> locations was about two years ago, but that is the data as available then.
>
> The rural areas of the state seem to be covered by either DSL or wireless
> from all the local TELCO co-ops.
>
> So I've never seen any logical justification for the BPL bandwagon. Now, I
> have coffee with several guys, one being the local TELCO sales rep, who
> tells us that broadband over GAS LINES is next as BPL was causing too much
> interference. Fiber to the neighborhood, then broaband to the house over 
> the
> natural gas pipe.
>
> If nothing else comes of it, that ought to make the "one call" locate 
> easier
> to do.....
>
> Dave Dunsmoor
>
>
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