BROADBAND OVER POWER LINES

BROADBAND OVER POWER LINES

AT&T and Pacific Gas and Electric are testing a plan to send
broadband communications over power lines as an alternative to cable
and DSL for delivering high-speed Internet access. The test will
involve about 100 residents in Menlo Park, California, where the power
grid is used to feed 13
megabits-per-second Internet access to Wi-Fi repeaters on street
lampposts.
Homes then receive up to 3mbps of wireless Net access.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell says
that broadband over power line (BPL) technology makes it
"theoretically
possible to reach every power outlet in America with a broadband
connection."
(CNET 14 Jul 2004)


http://news.com.com/AT%26%2338%3BT+p...l?tag=nefd.top

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Mark Undrill said......

<snip>

> Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell says
> that broadband over power line (BPL) technology makes it
> "theoretically
> possible to reach every power outlet in America with a broadband
> connection."

Forget HF radio in America then.
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Mugwump

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QRZ?

Mugwump wrote:
> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Mark Undrill said......
>
> <snip>
>
>> Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell says
>> that broadband over power line (BPL) technology makes it
>> "theoretically
>> possible to reach every power outlet in America with a broadband
>> connection."
>
> Forget HF radio in America then.

Yep, see:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp/whp...les/WHP067.pdf

(1.6 Meg file)

Graham wrote:

> QRZ?
>
>
QRM

> BROADBAND OVER POWER LINES
>
> AT&T and Pacific Gas and Electric are testing a plan to send
> broadband communications over power lines as an alternative to cable
> and DSL for delivering high-speed Internet access. The test will
> involve about 100 residents in Menlo Park, California, where the power
> grid is used to feed 13
> megabits-per-second Internet access to Wi-Fi repeaters on street
> lampposts.
> Homes then receive up to 3mbps of wireless Net access.
>
> Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell says
> that broadband over power line (BPL) technology makes it
> "theoretically
> possible to reach every power outlet in America with a broadband
> connection."
> (CNET 14 Jul 2004)
>
>
>
http://news.com.com/AT%26%2338%3BT+p...high-spetech30
00ed+Net/2100-1034_3-5269512.html?tag=nefd.top
>
>

So what?
We used to get 30 B-channels down a gas pipe





Oh silly me I meant a DASS pipe!


Graham.

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"Martin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:cd6lec$6rh$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Graham wrote:
>
> > QRZ?
> >
> >
> QRM

No QSO's and so no QSL's so may as well QST :-(

> > Graham wrote:
> >
> > > QRZ?
> > >
> > >
> > QRM
>
> No QSO's and so no QSL's so may as well QST :-(
>
>
Lets go QRT B4 this gets too OT

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 18:42:27 +0100, "Mark Undrill" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>BROADBAND OVER POWER LINES
>
> AT&T and Pacific Gas and Electric are testing a plan to send
>broadband communications over power lines as an alternative to cable
>and DSL for delivering high-speed Internet access. The test will
>involve about 100 residents in Menlo Park, California, where the power
>grid is used to feed 13
>megabits-per-second Internet access to Wi-Fi repeaters on street
>lampposts.
>Homes then receive up to 3mbps of wireless Net access.
>
> Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell says
>that broadband over power line (BPL) technology makes it
>"theoretically
>possible to reach every power outlet in America with a broadband
>connection."
>(CNET 14 Jul 2004)
>
>
>http://news.com.com/AT%26%2338%3BT+p...l?tag=nefd.top

OMG, not another bunch of power utility execs befuddled by a
fundamentally flawed technology.

> > > QRM

SRI OM, BUT NW QRN ES QRM HR.....

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