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more on FCC Final Rule on Broadband Power Line Systems & AARL Related News
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 18:07:24 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: vijay gill <vgill () vijaygill com> Organization: vijay gill global logistics Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 22:39:15 +0000 To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Cc: Ip <ip () v2 listbox com> Subject: Re: [IP] FCC Final Rule on Broadband Power Line Systems & AARL Related News For IP if you wish. On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 01:15:25PM -0500, David Farber wrote:
services using electric utility companies' power lines. This new technology offers the potential for the establishment of a significant new medium for extending broadband access to American homes and businesses. Given that power lines reach virtually every residence and business in every community and geographic area in this country, Access BPL service could be made available nearly everywhere."
This is a harder task than it looks. Utility companies make telcos look like fast-movers in comparison. Building a network from scratch especially at rates needed to compete with DSL and cable is _hard_ to do. Building it for reading meters is not so hard. Building 4 mb/s down to the average consumer, not so easy, especially if you want to have competitive pricing. Why is it hard? Leaving aside the network construction aspect, which many vendors would be happy to do for you at inflated pricing, you have the management and operational aspect of the thing. Spam control team, abuse desks, network monitoring, security for the network, are all items that are non-trivial to implement well and getting good talent for those that is willing to work in most utility-type work environments and thought modes is harder. There is probably a good business opportunity, pending regulation and court issues, for an @home type startup in this space that rolls up the above tasks and offers it to the utility companies. /vijay ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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