The "phone companies" are not just wire line companies any more!! They are not just interested in wire and wireless services, but getting fiber optics to your house. With fiber, you can have nearly unlimited bandwidth that can provide telephone, data (high speed internet service), video (replace CATV), and perhaps many other new services that they haven't even thought of yet. The power companies want a piece of the pie, but they are just kidding themselves if they think they can compete wth a garbage service like BPL. It is , by far, a technically inferior service. It also , unlike any other "landline based services", has the potential to create damaging interference to existing licensed RF-based services on the HF spectrum.
If the power companies were smart (??) they would use their ride-of-ways to build fiber optic backbones. They could also partner with telecom companies to provide services at competitive prices instead of causing disruption and discourse!!! Just my 2 cents worth as a 35 year veteran of the telecom business. 73, Jack, W9GT -------------- Original message -------------- > I know the phone companies don't want to have to go > into homes any more. They want some kind of RF link > into the home so they just turn service on or off, and > give people stuff to set up inside by themselves. I > guess the cable companies would feel the same way. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John E. Coleman (ARS WA5BXO)" > > To: "'Discussion of AM Radio'" > > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:35 AM > Subject: RE: [AMRadio] BPL, ARRL on NPR Morning edition > Tuesday > > > What I don't quite understand, is why it is easier or > cheaper to do > broadband over power lines than over phone lines. > Phone lines are already > balanced lines with a tighter EM field. Why wouldn't > that be better? > > John, WA5BXO > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Merz Donald S > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:56 AM > To: 'Amradio (E-mail); 'Glowbugs (E-mail) > Subject: [AMRadio] BPL, ARRL on NPR Morning edition > Tuesday > > FYI. > > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4801446 > > 73, Don Merz, N3RHT > > The information contained in this e-mail may be > confidential and is intended > solely for the use of the named addressee. > Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any > information contained therein > by any other person is not authorized. > If you are not the intended recipient please notify us > immediately by > returning the e-mail to the originator.(16b) > _______________________________________________________ > _______ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > > > > _______________________________________________________ > _______ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Aug 17 19:39:56 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Original-To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Delivered-To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Received: from ylpvm15.prodigy.net (ylpvm15-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.57.46]) by mailman.qth.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09EC2859C06 for <amradio@mailman.qth.net>; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:39:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pimout7-ext.prodigy.net (pimout7-int.prodigy.net [207.115.4.147]) by ylpvm15.prodigy.net (8.12.10 outbound/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j7HNbpaP016065 for <amradio@mailman.qth.net>; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:37:52 -0400 X-ORBL: [208.190.133.204] DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=sbc01; d=swbell.net; c=nofws; q=dns; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:x-accept-language: mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=l2iY8tJLqeLExQPT7iR48+I4G973l0KH6HI1h71sD6pBqRYroHbpddqvNBqo2PMb5 LuLEtNmB+UvIkgXxacsfA== Received: from [192.168.0.4] (adsl-208-190-133-204.dsl.eulstx.swbell.net [208.190.133.204]) by pimout7-ext.prodigy.net (8.13.4 outbound domainkey aix/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7HNbfGx514050 for <amradio@mailman.qth.net>; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:37:45 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:37:33 -0500 From: Patrick Jankowiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: amradio@mailman.qth.net References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [AMRadio] Re: KD5OEI X-BeenThere: amradio@mailman.qth.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: Discussion of AM Radio <amradio@mailman.qth.net> List-Id: Discussion of AM Radio <amradio.mailman.qth.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/private/amradio> List-Post: <mailto:amradio@mailman.qth.net> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 23:39:56 -0000 yeah I can be a curmudgeon. But I didn't get the link between the CB lingo and the tech license. I was touchy about the meaning of the term. Gee, is that how people see the technician licensees (the 'old' meaning, i.e. ex-CBers et al)? I think of the CB and the ham radio as two completely different things. The only thing in common is the kind of transport. But that's because I look at them from an electronics-minded person's somewhat sterile point of view. Politicially or socially other implications may exist. When I want to get on the CB, I fire up the Realistic TRC-458 on 19 and check out the truck stop chatter. I'm near the intersections of two major interstates. It is the CB radio. When I want to get on the ham radio, I fire up the Alinco DR-135 and look for the DARC repeater or the MARS net if it is on, or maybe the old Kenwood TS-430 and try to listen to some AM. Those are the ham radios. oh well. PJ > From: "Bob Maser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Re: KD5OEI > > My, aren't we touchy. Actually, I was more interested in telling you that > your message had a virus attached to it than giving you a hard time about > your technician license. Maybe now that it looks like CW will be dropped > from amateur requirements, we'll see more of you guys down on the bands > where AM is still practiced. > > Bob W6TR
