Seems like history is
trying to repeat itself with BPL.
Suck in investors to
deploy lots of BPL and then discover it does not work and dump
it.
Howie,
K9KM
31 MAR, 2004 - 1100 CST
I've know about the
extremely large quantity of "dark" fiber optic
cable for years. I
guess I'm one of the insiders mentioned in the
book below as I sold my
small stock holding before the bubble burst.
Anyhow, for those of you
who want to learn more, here is a copy of
the email I received earlier
today. Please keep in mind this story
is primarily about trunk fiber
optic cable as opposed to fiber optic
cable to each home and
business. But it's a start for an alternative
to BPL.
73 -
Dick,
W9GIG
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From:
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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:36:29
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To: W9GIG@arrl.org
Subject: BPL
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Dear Mr. Isely,
I believe fiber optics is the place for transmission of data rather
than powerlines. A recent book indicates there are vast amounts of
unused
fiber in existence. Short quotes: "...the world
is crisscrossed with
fiber that is unlikely to be used for decades...
...cables as thick as a
full grown Python lie dormant across the oceans...
...about 80 million
miles of optical fiber was installed in the USA in the
six years between
1996 and 2001."
Much of this was done by
companies which by using publicity and tricky accounting sucked millions of
investors into buying stock pressing the
prices up. Then the insiders
dumped their stock, making big profits, and
let it
die.
The name of the book is
BROADBANDITS by Om Malik
Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc of
Hoboken, NJ.
ISBN 0-471-43405-1
Mr. Malik goes
into detail on the history of this subject. Cable TV in
the
Indianapolis area has messed up some of our ham repeaters at times
due to
faulty amplifiers and leaky connectors. The thought of BPL
in
all neighborhoods suggests the end of ham radio, both from BPL
signals
raising the noise levels and BPL users receiving unwanted RF from
hams
and demanding that we be kicked off the air. Please
forgive me if
everyone already knows the above. If not possibly the
book would
provide useful information to you and others at ARRL in the
efforts to
prevent our power lines being used as antennas.
73, Ronald C. Williams, W9YZ
Life Member ARRL.
Licensed 54
years. Retired owner of Avatar Magnetics.
Some of my transformer designs
were carried in the parts lists of the
power supply chapters of the ARRL
handbooks 1984-2000.