[Swlfest] Re: Somewhat OT: BPL / Broadband Internet, Emmaus, PA

["Chris Lobdell" <clobdell@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

BPL is already dead in my opinion. Just doesn't work well enough and isn't
cost effective.
It'll be gone in 5 years.

-Chris Lobdell 

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[mailto:swlfest-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Cuff
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:03 AM
To: swlfest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Shortwave programming discussion
Subject: [Swlfest] Somewhat OT: BPL / Broadband Internet, Emmaus, PA

Folks here are probably familiar with PPL's BPL test in Emmaus, PA a couple
years ago which was documented by the ARRL and shown at shortwave gatherings
including the SWL Fest.  You may remember how much interference was evident.

Verizon (the local phone utility -- except not in Emmaus) now wants to begin
wireless line-of-sight broadband Internet service to the borough.  Emmaus
doesn't have either DSL or cable access as options -- one reason PPL ran its
trial there.

See the news item from Allentown's Morning Call newspaper here: 
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b3-5emmausmar22,0,3995402.story?coll=all
-newslocal-hed
or http://tinyurl.com/5n99p.

The good news for us SWLs is that this is yet another competitor to BPL
which might help hasten its demise.

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
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