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1932 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 01:03 AM
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9. I hope the ease of stealing music doesn't become the measure of
good public telecom policy!
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  -IBM Takes Broadband to Power Lines merwin  Jul-12-05 11:39 PM   #0 
  - what about disruption to HAM radio operators?  truthisfreedom   Jul-12-05 11:51 PM   #1 
  - Before it can be adopted, it has to be proven that it won't interfere  merwin   Jul-13-05 12:11 AM   #4 
     - It's not the modems, it's the power lines... and the FCC is negligent  oioioi   Jul-13-05 01:29 AM   #17 
        - Whaaaa?  kgfnally   Jul-13-05 01:56 PM   #35 
           - Encryption...  sendero   Jul-13-05 03:02 PM   #38 
              - Worldwide RF interference  oioioi   Jul-13-05 08:06 PM   #41 
  - Except....this could knock out AM radio AND SHORTWAVE which  Gloria   Jul-12-05 11:51 PM   #2 
  - Shielding might solve the interference problems.  BrightKnight   Jul-13-05 01:27 AM   #16 
     - From the BBC and Ofcom re UK BPL  oioioi   Jul-13-05 01:39 AM   #19 
     - Do cable companies fund ARRL?  1932   Jul-13-05 02:30 AM   #20 
        - American Radio Relay League  oioioi   Jul-13-05 03:00 AM   #21 
     - Shielding WOULD solve the problems, no doubt about it.  merwin   Jul-13-05 09:19 AM   #24 
        - Maybe, but the cost of shielding power lines would be astronomical.  reprobate   Jul-13-05 09:51 AM   #25 
        - The cost to ..  sendero   Jul-13-05 03:05 PM   #39 
  - Right after they announced...  katsy   Jul-12-05 11:54 PM   #3 
  - Shocking!  zapp   Jul-13-05 12:39 AM   #5 
  - Very punny :-)  merwin   Jul-13-05 12:51 AM   #7 
  - Price competion for telecoms? I predict a PR campaign smeering this.  1932   Jul-13-05 12:49 AM   #6 
  - Community wireless networks are the best way to piss off the RIAA.  merwin   Jul-13-05 12:53 AM   #8 
     - I hope the ease of stealing music doesn't become the measure of  1932   Jul-13-05 01:03 AM   #9 
        - thieves will say anything to justify their crime n/t  msongs   Jul-13-05 10:31 PM   #45 
  - BPL is a darling of the GOP/Big Business  oioioi   Jul-13-05 01:05 AM   #10 
  - Yet Collin Powell is one of largest shareholders of AOL  1932   Jul-13-05 01:09 AM   #12 
  - AOL in for a slice of the BPL pie...  oioioi   Jul-13-05 01:21 AM   #13 
     - The utilities own those lines. I don't see AOL buying all the utility  1932   Jul-13-05 01:25 AM   #14 
  - GOP = (POS - Party of Shills): FCC, FDA ...  BrightKnight   Jul-13-05 01:14 PM   #32 
  - See post #36 for Bush's speech on this...  Gloria   Jul-13-05 02:57 PM   #37 
  - self delete  BrightKnight   Jul-13-05 01:06 AM   #11 
  - As an electrical engineer I can give the proper technical term for this.  Syncronaut Seven   Jul-13-05 01:26 AM   #15 
  - heh. like the missle defense program.  truthisfreedom   Jul-13-05 03:06 AM   #22 
  - How so?  AngryAmish   Jul-13-05 10:19 AM   #26 
     - Sure!  Syncronaut Seven   Jul-13-05 12:41 PM   #28 
        - Very much so  AngryAmish   Jul-13-05 12:56 PM   #29 
        - The leakage is wholly unpredictable  Syncronaut Seven   Jul-13-05 01:19 PM   #33 
           - Plus, not all houses, even in the same area, have the same wiring...  Solon   Jul-13-05 01:41 PM   #34 
        - MAYBE they have to go this route.... HAARP has an impact on  cthrumatrix   Jul-13-05 12:58 PM   #30 
  - Not everyone has well paying jobs as well. Will IBM help with that?  HypnoToad   Jul-13-05 01:36 AM   #18 
  - Kick!  dbt   Jul-13-05 06:49 AM   #23 
  - how about just run another shielded line along the power lines?  anotherdrew   Jul-13-05 11:46 AM   #27 
  - Running fiber with transmission lines has been done.  BrightKnight   Jul-13-05 12:59 PM   #31 
  - 5/04--FCC Set to End Our Right to Listen to Foreign Broadcasts & More  Gloria   Jul-13-05 02:54 PM   #36 
  - We're the last to get it. and the LAST to REJECT it.  BiggJawn   Jul-13-05 03:11 PM   #40 
  - RE: Shielding ... it wont work ....  Trajan   Jul-13-05 08:48 PM   #42 
  - I'm not sure it's a problem...  DubyaSux   Jul-13-05 09:34 PM   #43 
  - Wi-Fi and BPL are different animals  oioioi   Jul-13-05 10:18 PM   #44 
     - I don't claim to be well versed..  DubyaSux   Jul-13-05 10:33 PM   #46 
        - I'm not a professional RF guy either...  oioioi   Jul-13-05 11:29 PM   #47 
  - Kids, don't do BPL, umkay? 'cause it's bad, umkay?  anotherdrew   Jul-14-05 01:28 AM   #48 
     - RF Spectrum is a PUBLIC resource  oioioi   Jul-14-05 04:20 AM   #49 
 

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