[CW] BPL?

[Bill Evans]

Perhaps yesterday's, continuing massive power failure in the
northeastern U.S.A. and Canada will convince the power
utilities that they should focus their energies and
resources on their core business, rather than entering a new
business that is already served by telephone companies,
competitive local exchange carriers (CLEC), cable television
operators, satellite services and, in some markets,
broadband wireless access (BWA) carriers.

According to the August 15th Toronto Globe and Mail,
"critics have been calling for breakers to be installed
throughout North America's grids for some time, only to be
told by the grid operators (power companies) that there is
no money to fund such a massive infrastructure overhaul."

Why would regulators, politicians and the power companies'
shareholders be interested in spending billions of dollars
entering a new business when they obviously have major
challenges in their own backyard. Seems like time to "stick
to the knitting".

William E. Evans, P. Eng.
VE4UD