Henry,
 
Well, I guess you know better than I do.  BPL is just getting too far along with all the known drawbacks that it brings.  FCC seems unstoppable on this one.  Imagine all these things on power poles that don't work.
 
Howie, K9KM

-----Original Message-----

From: Henry R. Leggette [mailto:wd4q@bellsouth.net]

Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 9:11 PM

To: arrl-odv

Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10387] Re: Fwd: BPL

Howie,

 

Now that really sounds like a government agency project.

 

Henry - WD4Q

----- Original Message -----

From: Huntington Howard-CADV02

To: arrl-odv

Cc: w1rfi@arrl.org ; w3kd@aol.com

Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 1:39 PM

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

 

-----Original Message-----

From: dick@pobox.com [mailto:dick@pobox.com]

Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 11:13 AM

To: arrl-odv

Cc: w1rfi@arrl.org; w3kd@aol.com

Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10378] Fwd: BPL

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: w9yz@webtv.net (Ron & Milly Williams)

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:36:29 -0500 (EST)

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.