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Re: IBM bringing broadband over power line to rural America

From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:53:02 -0500


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From: Rahul Tongia <tongia () cmu edu>
Date: November 12, 2008 10:44:16 PM EST
To: dave () farber net
Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Re: IBM bringing broadband over power line to rural America 
Reply-To: tongia () cmu edu
I've written (published and in IP) extensively on BPL, and it's, er, severe challenged, esp. in the US.
Virtually all claims on rural solutions are hype, since it needs repeaters. These are $$. At that point, why not repeat DSL or other solutions. 

For some recent industry news on this, see:
IDC Insight on Utilities – BPL is Like Zombies, Dead, but not Going Away (Aug. 2008) [http://image.exct.net/lib/fefa127176670c/d/1/InsightsOnUtilities_Aug08.pdf ] 

My webpage (publications link) below has some more on BPL.

Rahul

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Program in Computation, Organizations, and Society (COS)
School of Computer Science (ISR) /
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David Farber wrote:

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*From: *Ari Ollikainen <Ari () olteco com <mailto:Ari () olteco com>>
*Date: *November 12, 2008 5:11:09 PM EST
*To: *johnmacsgroup () yahoogroups com <mailto:johnmacsgroup () yahoogroups com > *Subject: **Re: [johnmacsgroup] Fwd: [IP] IBM bringing broadband over power line to rural America* *Reply-To: *johnmacsgroup () yahoogroups com <mailto:johnmacsgroup () yahoogroups com > 
At 4:33 PM -0500 11/12/08, David Chessler wrote:
For years, people have hoped broadband-over-power line technology, or BPL, 
would allow power companies to become the third alternative in the
broadband market, competing against cable operators and telephone
companies. But technical limitations and interference issues with local emergency radios and short-wave ham radios have stood in the way of mass 
adoption.

snip

Before you get all excited, the article, toward the end, says:
"... The BPL movement was also dealt a blow earlier this year when a federal appeals court sided in part with amateur radio operators who challenged FCC rules designed to speed the nascent Internet service's rollout. The judges in the case sent the rules back to the FCC with instructions to clarify is reasoning for its rules and to publicize its studies more fully. While IBM and IBEC have the right idea when it comes to focusing on rural and underserved markets, it seems like they still have an uphill battle in overcoming interference issues..." 
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