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Pay attention to Broad Band over Power Lines folks.
Our local co-operative electric company has been running some tests and from everything I see it's a WINNER! I know it's only a test bed but everything about the results are fantastic. Lowest speeds seen were around 3 megs and as high as 10 megs a second.

Now couple that with the fact that power lines go everywhere and do not require investment/modification to provide a communications medium and you have a real winner.

By the way, in this test they used three small ISP's to provide the service with the power company putting up the hardware on the poles. A win/win for the ISP, the power company, and the consumer...
Posted by: No_Ax_to_Grind   Posted on: 10/14/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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What a joke! Powell should be fired.... NOW!  shawkins | 10/14/04
You can help fire Powell  Chad_z | 10/14/04
Yup, already voted (absentee)...  shawkins | 10/14/04
Which vote??  Letophoro | 10/14/04
Been doing that for years  UncleBubba | 10/15/04
WHat are you talking about?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/14/04
I'm talking about  shawkins | 10/14/04
Yup, that's how they did it...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/14/04
Not correct Ax!  shawkins | 10/15/04
PLEASE do yourself a favor.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
GOOD MOVE!  Jeff Spicoli | 10/14/04
So, run your own fiber then.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/14/04
Dude, your naivete about how the world really works is astounding  Jeff Spicoli | 10/14/04
Sounds like the whining of a have not.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/14/04
Ummm sure  Jeff Spicoli | 10/14/04
No need to know your name, I see employes like you everyday...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/14/04
Bittie: no need to bring something scary like reality into the discussion..  Jeff Spicoli | 10/14/04
What sort of loser post was that?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/14/04
Pay attention to Broad Band over Power Lines folks.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/14/04
Dude, you are giving me flashbacks to the mid to late 90's!  B.O.F.H. | 10/14/04
No, the FCC just approved it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/14/04
Radio hash  Andylb | 10/15/04
True, in fact there is concern on the frequency used.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
Wow, I'm impressed  UncleBubba | 10/15/04
I am fortunate in this.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04
Very fine line  James Schroer | 10/15/04
The guys in the 'Sticks'...  Net-Tech_z | 10/15/04
Sorry, you are just plain wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/04

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