[Premium-Rx] BPLReport Predicts Rapid Growth For BPL-Access

[Robert Nickels]

Mac McCullough wrote:

> Qualifying remark:   use your delete key at any time .. 

Also applies to my comments, below, which are only topical here to the 
extent that we all want to continue to enjoy our premiuim (and other) HF 
radios:

Ultimately  the fate of BPL will be determined by whether broadband 
users (aka you and I and our neighbors and friends) are willing to pay 
for it.   Or in marketing terms, whether it provides the best value, 
relative to the next best alternative -  which today includes  the  the 
telephone, cable, and wireless ISPs   If you were a banker looking at 
the capital investment required for each of these alternatives, which 
would you choose?    In a different world, maybe BPL would have been 
pre-empted on technical grounds, but in this one, it's going to come 
down to financial return on investment.   If your power company is in a 
position to invest millions in BPL infrastructure without a solid ROI, 
in the face of a looming crisis in their core business of power 
distribution, and with the "industry watchdog groups" watching their 
every move, maybe BPL is more of a threat than I think.  

73, Bob W9RAN