[Boatanchors] Speaking of BPL

[Jim Wilhite]

I saw that report printed here and had to laugh.  Irving (a Dallas 
suburb) went hole hog on BPL and now they are finding out that 
subscribers are hard to find.  The Dallas stuff is going soon.

Smart people make smart mistakes.

Jim/W5JO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harry Vaught, KT4AE"


> Kim Komando's newsletter yesterday pointed to a Washington Post 
> article (registration required) which said that BPL in Texas was being 
> shut down.  The equipment is being taken over by a utility provider 
> (Oncor) who will use it for monitoring of the electrical grid.
>
> A couple of quotes:
>
> "Our business is delivering electricity, not being an Internet 
> provider or a television provider," said Oncor spokesman Chris Schein.
>
> " Other BPL trials have met with similar fates, though a few are still 
> in operation. Compared to coaxial cables and copper phone lines, power 
> lines are poor conduits for data. Some deployments also met fierce 
> legal resistance from ham radio operators, who found that BPL created 
> radio interference."
>
> Harry, KT4AE
> Maryville, Tennessee