Coming: $7.2B for broadband, Internet access (2012-2015)

Washington Technology ^ | Feb 23, 2009 | Sami Lais

[palmer]

They will also continue to waste money pushing data across power lines. Now that wifi client cost is $20, and wimax and others will be cheap soon, these customers will need a $500 modem from IBM that nobody else in the world makes or uses.

[GeronL]

don’t worry soon it will be a basic civil right... guess who will pay for that?

[Pearls Before Swine]

Free porn for ACORN.

[Beagle8U]

Is DSL the same as broadban?

[Myrddin]

Broadband over power lines destroys radio communications over a broad range of frequencies. It is a stupid idea whose only adherents are a few power companies looking for extra revenue on their installed infrastructure and the modem manufacturers themselves. There is plenty of good bandwidth available with DSL, WiMax, CDMA, EDGE and more technologies on the way with LTE. Some areas have real fiber optics directly to the premises. Even Pocatello is now sporting fiber optic to the neighborhood distribution boxes.

[nina0113]

Let me guess...I’ll still have to pay for mine, but now I’ll be paying for the local trailer park too.

[palmer]

DSL is one form of broadband.

[Beagle8U]

OK, thanks. Do you know if the phone will now work if my power (elec) goes out?

Before I had DSL the phone would work in a power outage.

[palmer]

I think it can go either way. The old DSL I had would go on the same lines or another set of lines and the analog telephone voice signal stayed exactly the same. New installations may digitize the voice signal and send it over DSL to the central office where it would be split off.

[Sundog]

Let's get some speed to it for that kind of money.

[raybbr]

DSL is a signal that is “piggy backed” onto your phone line. It uses filters to separate the data stream from the analog voice signal. If your phone works your DSL should work and vice-versa.

[stylin19a]

um....hello...feds, then what is THIS fund for ? That we already pay for ?

http://www.universalservice.org/about/universal-service/fund-facts/fund-facts.aspx

[Beagle8U]

OK. I wondered because I live in the outer limits of BFE and need to call in if my power goes out.

I can't depend on someone else to call in an outage because I'm about the only one on that elec run.

I just got DSL hooked up so had no experience with it.

[Las Vegas Ron]

guess who will pay for that?

We the tax payer and the end result is government regulation and control.

This is their foot in the door and has to be stopped!!

[ColdWater]

It uses filters to separate the data stream from the analog voice signal.

It uses higher frequencies to separate the data stream from the analog voice signal.

[raybbr]

It uses higher frequencies to separate the data stream from the analog voice signal.

The higher frequency data stream is superimposed onto the analog voice signal. That's why you need to use the filters they provide to separate them.

[ColdWater]

The higher frequency data stream is superimposed onto the analog voice signal. That's why you need to use the filters they provide to separate them.

They are different frequencies. Both co-exist on the same line with no filters separating them. Of course, the DLS signal has to be demodulated at its destination (modem) inorder to retrieve the information.

[ColdWater]

That's why you need to use the filters they provide to separate them.

No. The filters are provided because certain electronic equipment will interfere/degrade the DSL signal quality.

[palmer]

Go grab a UPS with a big battery in it (by weight). Plus the DSL modem into that and use laptop when the power goes out to do your freeping. An even better option is to pick up a solar panel and charge controller and a big AGM battery and an inverter. Then you can use your desktop PC and DSL for hours without electrical power. My satellite internet and home network is all solar powered.

[ColdWater]

wikipedia.com

A DSL filter is an analog low-pass filter installed between analog devices (such as telephones or analog modems) and a POTS telephone line, in order to prevent interference between such devices and a DSL service operating on the same line. Without DSL filters, signals or echoes from analog devices at the top of their frequency range can result in reduced performance and connection problems with DSL service, while those from the DSL service at the bottom of its range can result in line noise and other issues for analog devices.