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Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 1:39
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Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10383] Re: Fwd:
BPL
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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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:36:29
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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.