Re: IBM bringing broadband over power line to rural America

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Ari Ollikainen <Ari () olteco com>
Date: November 12, 2008 5:11:09 PM EST
To: johnmacsgroup () yahoogroups com
Subject: Re: [johnmacsgroup] Fwd: [IP] IBM bringing broadband over  
power line to rural America
Reply-To: 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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OLTECO Ari Ollikainen
P.O. BOX 20088 Technology Consulting
Stanford, CA Ari () OLTECO com
94309-0088 415.517.3519

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