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fiber needs repeaters too
"In contrast, fiber is truly digital. Just boost your laser power until you get a bright enough signal out the other end."
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Fiber is definately a better medium than power lines but it's much more expensive. Fiber also needs repeaters and regenerators, you can't just boost power or you will burn out your laser, and yes there can be signal degredation in fiber too.

and if you do burn out a laser it probably costs more than one of these boxes they're putting on the transformers.
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powerline broadband can't keep up  PVkWatts | 07/07/05
You're Clueless  itanalyst | 07/07/05
I'm one of those 28.8 (usually less) people  bdlang | 07/07/05
Clueless NOT  PVkWatts | 07/07/05
Your 10 years out of date.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/07/05
legacy hardware  PVkWatts | 07/07/05
All of that hardware gets bypassed.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/07/05
bypass is the only way to do it  PVkWatts | 07/07/05
That is what I see happening here  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/07/05
Just 10 years ahead  PVkWatts | 07/07/05
It's more the nature of the medium  Jack-Booted EULA | 07/07/05
fiber needs repeaters too  IPingFreely | 07/07/05
Problems Ahead  Roger Ramjet | 07/07/05
finally a sensible reply  PVkWatts | 07/07/05
Guys, you need to do some reading.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/07/05
Read your stuff again No Ax  PVkWatts | 07/07/05
Sounds like the right plan.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/07/05
802.11b not 802.11g  PVkWatts | 07/07/05
Cost factor.  Yuhann | 10/10/05
I see a mix coming...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/07/05
Hey guys here is some more reading....  slack.kid | 07/07/05
excellent article  PVkWatts | 07/07/05
170 mbs???  tf6120 | 10/05/05
If you're going to pipe down power lines  voska | 07/07/05
problem is...  PVkWatts | 07/07/05
Serving low density vs high density housing  Yuhann | 10/10/05
give you this one in rural areas  PVkWatts | 07/07/05
BPL to each customer  Yuhann | 10/10/05
BPL  garyr_z | 07/07/05
BPL  drlaxton | 08/22/05
1st intelleginet question arround.  Yuhann | 10/10/05
Sorry meant drlaxton (not BPL)  Yuhann | 10/10/05

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