[NLRS] BPL

[Barry VE4MA]

I do not want to get into a BPL discussion :-) ...:-(

.......the problem with Internet satellite service is that it has high and 
variable latency ( delay time) and as a result is not acceptable for real 
time "competitive" on-line games. I have gone through 2 teenagers with this 
and the youngest is now 20 and as entheusiastic a "gamer" as I have ever 
been a ham.

That is why I gave up dial up Internet so many years ago for  a  cable modem 
which always gives me 3-4 Mbps  and low latency.  BPL also promises low 
delay times.

Best 73
Barry VE4MA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Evans" <bevans at ebsys.mb.ca>
To: "Bill Evans" <bevans at ebsys.mb.ca>; "Clare Jarvis" 
<jarvis at jarviscomputer.com>; "Larry Larson" <LLARSON42 at MN.RR.COM>; "Northern 
Lights" <NLRS at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: [NLRS] BPL


> PS on Ka Satellite Internet offerings - the speed is not limited to 1.5 
> Mbit/s.  That is entry level.  For higher rates (but still quite 
> reasonable) one should be able to go as high as 3.0 Mbit/s download , with 
> 1.0 Mbit/s upload.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Evans" <bevans at ebsys.mb.ca>
> To: "Clare Jarvis" <jarvis at jarviscomputer.com>; "Larry Larson" 
> <LLARSON42 at MN.RR.COM>; "Northern Lights" <NLRS at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 9:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [NLRS] BPL
>
>
>> The new Ka Band satellite offerings for Internet access should end most 
>> serious consideration of BPL in rural areas.  These services will be 
>> announced early in 2005 and will feature high speeds at affordable 
>> monthly prices  (about $35 /m for 1.5 Mbit/s downolad) using relatively 
>> low cost transceiving hardware.  They will be geared to competing with 
>> cable and DSL even in metropolitan areas, according to the industry 
>> scuttlebut up here in Canada.
>>
>> Bill VE4UD
>>
>
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