Gentlemen, How long will it be before the govt' adds "interface devices" to the "BPL home internet connection" to further invade in on our privacy. I feel very uncomfortable with potential broadband "utility monitoring" of my electric meter! It opens the door to much invasion. Live Free or die. The 20 gauge and bird shot is interesting. George AB2KC
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Donald Chester Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 2:17 PM To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Pix of BPL hardware on utility poles in Cincinnati >Actually this provides additional advantages to the Utility Companies >even if you don't subscribe to the internet service. A modem could be >hung on your electric, gas, or water meters, plugged into an AC outlet, >and now all meter readings could be done back at their facilities via >the BPL internet connection, eliminating the services of electric, gas, >or water meter readers. Wonder how long before some would develop and put on the market bootleg "brown boxes" -remember the "blue boxes" in the 80's that allowed one to illegally bypass the phone co.'s billing and make free phone calls? These things would take over and alter the data stream to the utility company and illegally reduce your bill. Or if you happened to transmit over the air at the critical moment and your signal caused data loss and scrambled the data so that you or a near by resident erroneously got a ridiculously high utility bill for services you did not use. Incidentally, Apple Computers got its start as a garage enterprise that produced blue boxes, and once they gained some capital, decided to go legit and put together the first personal computer, that started a technological revolution, even though the machine was extremely crude by today's standards. _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
