[subsea06]

myr - While the technology is *possible*, is very unlikely that BPL will ever deploy as it is not cost-effective when compared to other existing broadband technologies.

The concept was originally put forth a couple years ago as a potential means of bringing the internet to rural areas. However, an EPRI technology demonstration project showed that a repeater would be required on virtually every other power pole, so it simply does not appear to be economically feasible when compared to satellite, for example.

IMO, this tech will never see the light of day.

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[Myrddin]

I have lots of rural area around my home in Pocatello, Idaho. The areas beyond the range of DSL and cable service are using 802.11b with high gain antennas at the present time. The WiMax and 802.16 hardware is on the way. That provides a 30 mile radius with 70 megabits/second service. That's a big footprint with high bandwidth. Cheap to deploy and no interference to existing services.

[Imperialist]

Interesting stuff about the repeaters on every other pole, didn't know that. Thanks. The problem with Satellite is that the uploads are through a dial up connection, downloads are fast though.