Ah! Indeed it is! According to Bell, the Japanese tried a similar system to BPL
and it was a failure due to the interference. I side with Bell when he says HAM
radio is a critical component in communication, especially in times of crisis
and natural disaster. Anything which interferes with that ability to communicate
should not be tried until the issues with BPL can be solved in a satisfactory
fashion.

Bell also played a clip of just what it sounds like on a HAM radio when this
kind of technology is used. It is nothing but static.

- Ed



In a message dated 5/20/2004 2:44:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, pelzig@...
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>Isn't this the same technology which weekend late night talk show host Art Bell
was discussing as being detrimental to HAM radio and other radio frequencies?
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>>might potentially be the next big thing in  broadband service: BPL, or
>>broadband over power lines.  though there are bugs to be worked out
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>>widely in place.  it could be a fairly low-cost means of distributing
>>broadband to the not-so-wealthy masses.  
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>>An earlier related story can be found online at wired's site:
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