[KCDXC] Re: BPL - Powerline Ethernet Gets the No

[Ken Kopp - KKØHF]

The past two years have seen several BPL trials pop up in rural U.S.
areas, and some companies have even installed permanent deployments. But
it's difficult to see BPL becoming a widely successful business for
utilities, says Meta Group Inc. analyst David Willis.

"If they have the goal of having cheap broadband in, say, two years --
by that time, the market will have completely changed. It won't be about
$30 broadband; it'll be about wireless and security and voice and other
things," Willis says. With fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and WiMax
deployments already underway, the utilities "have so much catching up to
do."

The best area for BPL would be upscale suburbs -- but that's the case
for every other broadband technology, especially FTTH. "No matter where
they go, they're already getting squeezed by somebody that's already in
the market," Willis says.

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http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?site=lightreading&doc_id=61210







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                 Kenneth A. Kopp, L.G.
                 Amateur Radio - KKØHF
                 http://www.qsl.net/kk0hf/
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