No doubt this was done by the same people who said Little LEOs would have 55 million customers by 2002. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Frenaye, Tom (Dir, NE) Sent: Tue 7/20/2004 12:59 AM To: arrl-odv Cc: Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10914] More BPL fantasy The BPL industry sure appears to have their PR machine running at high speed. We'll never "win" by trying to correct the inaccuracies but I hate to let them get away with it. Or maybe they're accurate... Can't we do more "myth busting"? -- Tom >=================================== >EEI DAILY ENERGY NEWS >Visit the DEN online at www.eei.org/products-den >to subscribe, view archives and more. >=================================== >Monday, July 19, 2004 > >* Report States BPL Set to Generate $7.5B in Revenue by 2012 > >Energy Info Source predicted that by 2012 broadband over power lines >(BPL) will have more than a 20-percent share of the U.S. market with >73 million access lines generating $7.5 billion in revenue annually. >Currently, there are three commercial BPL offerings and nearly 24 >utility trials under way, reported Electricity Daily. > >Steven Morris, president of Energy Info Source, said BPL should have >wide-scale availability in two years. BPL technology provides >broadband to rural communities with no current access to cable or DSL, >wrote Electricity Daily. > >In its BPL rollout, Cinergy predicted 10 percent of eligible customers >would sign up the first year with another 10 percent doing so in the >second year. During the first eight weeks of availability, 15 percent >of Cinergy's eligible customers enrolled, reported Electricity Daily. > >-- Electricity Daily, July 19. ===== e-mail: k1ki@arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444