Broadband over Powerlines (BPL)
Broadband over Powerlines (BPL) video available
Currently in Australia as well as the US, trials are underway to start up what is called Broadband over Powerlines (BPL). In Australia it is being tested in Hobart, Tasmania (By Aurora Energy) and in Sydney by Main.Net in conjunction with Savant Corp.
http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/savantcorp/media.html.
Basically BPL is pumping RF at 1 to 80 megahertz into the power lines which broadband subscribers can then hook up to.
In the US the proponents who are pushing for BPL have as their paid spokesperson - good old GW Bush, who will speak for anything as long as the donation to his re-election campaign is high enough - God knows he will need all he can get. In another profession its called prostitution.
So is BPL the way of the future, or just another hairbrained quick-make-a-buck scheme? Are these the same guys who seriously proposed heating your home with microwaves????
The following information does not deal with any possible health issues but does pumping more RF into your house wiring sound like a really good thing?
Don Maisch
Broadband over Power Line video available
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/06/18/8/
See Video at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/06/18/8/BPL-and-HF-web.mpg
Broadband Fool's Gold
http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/41546
Currently in Australia as well as the US, trials are underway to start up what is called Broadband over Powerlines (BPL). In Australia it is being tested in Hobart, Tasmania (By Aurora Energy) and in Sydney by Main.Net in conjunction with Savant Corp.
http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/savantcorp/media.html.
Basically BPL is pumping RF at 1 to 80 megahertz into the power lines which broadband subscribers can then hook up to.
In the US the proponents who are pushing for BPL have as their paid spokesperson - good old GW Bush, who will speak for anything as long as the donation to his re-election campaign is high enough - God knows he will need all he can get. In another profession its called prostitution.
So is BPL the way of the future, or just another hairbrained quick-make-a-buck scheme? Are these the same guys who seriously proposed heating your home with microwaves????
The following information does not deal with any possible health issues but does pumping more RF into your house wiring sound like a really good thing?
Don Maisch
Broadband over Power Line video available
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/06/18/8/
See Video at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/06/18/8/BPL-and-HF-web.mpg
Broadband Fool's Gold
http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/41546
Starmail - 1. Jul, 09:37
