[BC] The FCC bends over...AGAIN

[Jerry Mathis]

On 10/24/07, Broadcast List <Broadcast at fetrow.org> wrote:
>
> Well, the problem is really a non-starter for several reasons:
>
> Technology is marching on.  Verizon is about to bring fiber directly
> into my home via their FIOS service.  Other companies are doing this
> and other similar services around the country.
>
> BPL is SLOW.  It has been surpassed by other services increasing
> their speeds.  Both DSL and cable have multiplied their speeds by a
> factor of four in the last two years.
>
> BPL is EXPENSIVE, both for the customer and for the power company.
> If the power company lowers their prices to be able to compete with
> DSL and cable, they won't make a profit, and we know that they are
> not interested in giving anything away, nor should they.
>
> There are only about a dozen operating systems in the US.  That is
> NOTHING.  One is near my home.  Not only does it tear the heck out of
> anything in MF to HF, but no one is happy with the service.  There
> you go.  Fortunately, they are a fairly small power coop, so no one
> is going to be hurt by them if they roll it out over their entire
> footprint.
>
>
> Some technologies go together, like milk and cookies. And others don't.
Internet service and power lines is a technology match made somewhere well
below Heaven. Someone needs to shoot this monster through the head and put
it out of everyone's misery. If the power companies want to get into
Internet service, fine; but do it in a way that, like another well-known
technology now being rolled out, doesn't crap all over its neighbors.


-- 
Jerry Mathis