Comments on: Broadband Over Power Line Gets a KO Punch http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/broadband-over-power-line-gets-a-ko-punch/ The Business of Technology Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:43:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Increasing Ratebase http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/broadband-over-power-line-gets-a-ko-punch/#comment-876947 Increasing Ratebase Mon, 05 May 2008 16:10:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13296#comment-876947 90M for about 350k lines if you believe the one sixth metric... probably 150k in reality...$260 to $600 per home... $ per kW going up!!!! Couldn't we get this current company to put solar panels on our homes instead of a BPL network? that probably doesn't even work? 90M for about 350k lines if you believe the one sixth metric… probably 150k in reality…$260 to $600 per home… $ per kW going up!!!! Couldn’t we get this current company to put solar panels on our homes instead of a BPL network? that probably doesn’t even work?

]]> By: Loic http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/broadband-over-power-line-gets-a-ko-punch/#comment-876687 Loic Sat, 03 May 2008 19:41:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13296#comment-876687 Talking about broadband access in US, ITIF (Information Technology & Innovation Foundation) released their report last week. http://www.itif.org/index.php?id=142 It is an interesting document, especially to compare what other countries do in term of broadband. Talking about broadband access in US, ITIF (Information Technology & Innovation Foundation) released their report last week.

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It is an interesting document, especially to compare what other countries do in term of broadband.

]]> By: mrblogdotorg http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/broadband-over-power-line-gets-a-ko-punch/#comment-876582 mrblogdotorg Fri, 02 May 2008 22:26:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13296#comment-876582 As someone pretty close to this some years ago, the technology issues aside, a much bigger problem is that the economics of BPL don't work either. It was shameful of the FCC to promote it as an example of "thriving competition in broadband" or the "third pipe". As someone pretty close to this some years ago, the technology issues aside, a much bigger problem is that the economics of BPL don’t work either.

It was shameful of the FCC to promote it as an example of “thriving competition in broadband” or the “third pipe”.

]]> By: Litigation as Business Model Backfires « Twilight in the Valley of the Nerds http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/broadband-over-power-line-gets-a-ko-punch/#comment-876554 Litigation as Business Model Backfires « Twilight in the Valley of the Nerds Fri, 02 May 2008 18:22:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13296#comment-876554 [...] 2, 2008 · No Comments As SCO executives continue to embarrass themselves with outrageous claims in courtrooms, one is reminded of an ageless axiom that applies to all technology companies that [...] [...] 2, 2008 · No Comments As SCO executives continue to embarrass themselves with outrageous claims in courtrooms, one is reminded of an ageless axiom that applies to all technology companies that [...]

]]> By: The Demise of Broadband Over Power Line « Twilight in the Valley of the Nerds http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/broadband-over-power-line-gets-a-ko-punch/#comment-876552 The Demise of Broadband Over Power Line « Twilight in the Valley of the Nerds Fri, 02 May 2008 18:07:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13296#comment-876552 [...] May 2, 2008 · No Comments Om Malik today comes not to praise broadband over power-line technology but to bury it. [...] [...] May 2, 2008 · No Comments Om Malik today comes not to praise broadband over power-line technology but to bury it. [...]

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