Comments on: Broadband Over Power Line Gets a KO Punch http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/broadband-over-power-line-gets-a-ko-punch/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:50:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Increasing Ratebase http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/broadband-over-power-line-gets-a-ko-punch/#comment-200498 Mon, 05 May 2008 16:10:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13296#comment-200498 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-200497 Sat, 03 May 2008 19:41:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13296#comment-200497 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.

]]> By: mrblogdotorg http://gigaom.com/2008/05/02/broadband-over-power-line-gets-a-ko-punch/#comment-200496 Fri, 02 May 2008 22:26:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13296#comment-200496 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-200495 Fri, 02 May 2008 18:22:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13296#comment-200495 [...] 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-200494 Fri, 02 May 2008 18:07:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13296#comment-200494 [...] 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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