And, gee, I'd already promised my relatives in rural NW Indiana they'd have BPL by Christmastime! What a revolting development this is. Jim Weaver, K8JE Director, Great Lakes Division ARRL; http://www.arrl.org/ 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 Tel.: 513-459-0142; E-mail: k8je@arrl.org ARRL: The reason Amateur Radio Is! MEMBERS: The reason ARRL Is! -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 10:51 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:11466] Some more BPL press coverage Some of the BPL press coverage has taken an interesting turn; the business case for BPL is increasingly being called into question. For example, an article in yesterday's Columbia (MO) Daily Tribune http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2004/oct/20041019busi003.asp even quotes Alan Shark of the PLCA as saying that BPL as prohibitively expensive in sparsely settled areas. Links to this and other recent stories are at http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/plc/other-articles.html Dave K1ZZ