Wow, this is great, especially for those who live in the rural areas!
1 posted on
10/17/2005 10:12:03 AM PDT by
rawhide
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-33 last
To: rawhide
51 posted on
10/17/2005 11:25:26 AM PDT by
Rightly Biased
(<>< Like $3 a gallon gas? Thank an enviromentalist.)
To: rawhide
The idea has been around for years. By the time these pachyderms get off their duffs, the technology will have moved on.
53 posted on
10/17/2005 11:30:16 AM PDT by
DManA
To: rawhide
Having just participated in the worldwide Boy Scout Jamboree On The Air this past weekend (as an adult leader), this is an unfortunate bit of news. Ham radio is an old hobby that is still enjoyed by a great number of people, and is quite often the springboard used by many young people who get into the communications professions. BPL has a good shot at killing the hobby in the US.
On the other side, it's also possible that ham's will simply try to boost their signals to talk over the BPL interference. This could seriously screw with the viability of BPL. These people are talking about offering everything from VOIP telephone service to Internet access to video on demand services via power lines...imagine losing access to ALL of that every time your neighbor flips on his shortwave rig. Remember, legally you're interfering with him, not the other way around. That section of the spectrum is legally set aside for ham use only...BPL is just so noisy that it interferes with hams legally reserved bandwidth.
To: OB1kNOb
58 posted on
10/17/2005 11:50:50 AM PDT by
OB1kNOb
(Sometimes I just can't see the forest for all the gumps.)
To: rawhide
The water company in Coweta County, Georgia has offered cable modem service for years.
63 posted on
10/17/2005 12:25:35 PM PDT by
xrp
(Conservative votes are to Republicans what 90% of black votes are to Democrats (taken for granted))
To: rawhide
"Wow, this is great, especially for those who live in the rural areas!"
NO..IT IS VERY BAD !
It will wipe out all high frequency radio communications.
It is the last form of communications in emergency conditions.
70 posted on
10/17/2005 1:35:30 PM PDT by
AlexW
(Reporting from Bratislava)
To: rawhide
Hams, such as Art Bell, have been somewhat alarmed by this development for quite a while. There is already a lot of interference from power lines, but this will only increase.
75 posted on
10/17/2005 1:53:16 PM PDT by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: rawhide
Please Detroit Edison - do this soon! I can't wait to get rid of Comcrap!!!!
76 posted on
10/17/2005 1:53:57 PM PDT by
Tokra
(I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
To: rawhide
80 posted on
10/17/2005 3:06:56 PM PDT by
Centurion2000
((Aubrey, Tx) --- Truth, Justice and the American Way)
To: rawhide
81 posted on
10/17/2005 3:30:56 PM PDT by
Kevin OMalley
(No, not Freeper#95235, Freeper #1165: Charter member, What Was My Login Club.)
To: rawhide
Anything to hurt Time Warner and Verizon. They have been spending millions to keep local governments from enabling Wi-Fi in public spaces. I hope they take a huge hit from this. Bastards.
101 posted on
10/17/2005 9:18:20 PM PDT by
GretchenM
(Hooked on porn and hating it? Visit http://www.theophostic.com .)
To: rawhide
"It doesn't matter what pipe you use as long as you have a pipe into the house," said Kevin Brand, the vice president for product management at EarthLink, which plans to introduce a BPL service in the first half of 2006. I could see possibilities here for the gas companies, too, so long as all their pipe is metal. Use the pipes as waveguides.
109 posted on
10/21/2005 12:44:57 AM PDT by
The Red Zone
(Florida, the sun-shame state, and Illinois the chicken injun.)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-33 last
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson