Comment couple things (Score 1) 239
After the last story on here about this, I looked into it a little bit. I was able to find that bpl has been tried in Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Austria, Finland, England(originally by Nortel), singapore, and holland. There may be others but I'm not sure. In these cases, it was called off because of a)interference, and b)the high costs. This isn't a technology that can be used in rural areas, its too expensive. This will just provide another option for people with existing options(not a bad idea, but not what they're saying.)
I was able to find a website that tracked complaints, but can't find it now, there were over 60 complaints filed with the fcc, only 2 of which were resolved(probably more now as a few were in cedar rapids.) The recent case with jim was used because he kept such good records, even having the power company turn the system off to compare.
Just a couple things, I would love to see more options for internet, but with companies like boeing against this, and also the possibililty to knock out dsl service, I just don't like it.
-Tom
I was able to find a website that tracked complaints, but can't find it now, there were over 60 complaints filed with the fcc, only 2 of which were resolved(probably more now as a few were in cedar rapids.) The recent case with jim was used because he kept such good records, even having the power company turn the system off to compare.
Just a couple things, I would love to see more options for internet, but with companies like boeing against this, and also the possibililty to knock out dsl service, I just don't like it.
-Tom
