[W]ould we want to have saved every piece of parchment he scribbled on?
If you found a piece of parchment Shakespeare scribbled on in your attic tomorrow, you can bet you'd be glad somebody saved it. You'd also be a weathier individual.
I live in Cincinnati and I subscribe to Current's BPL service. Notwithstanding Slashdotters' speculation, there has been no epidemic of bad TV recpetion. I'm not a Ham operator but am not aware of any outcry there either. Oh, and Current's broadband service is fast, cheap, and reliable. I pay at least $10/mo less than comparable cable modem service, and I have never once had a service outage. I'd recommend anyone give this (awesome) technology a try before badmouthing it.
I live in Cincinnati and I HAVE BPL. One thing a lot of people seem to forget about this 'stupid' idea is that IT'S TOTALLY COOL. And it works. Really! Having had (bad) experience with Cincinnati Bell's DSL service, I switched to BPL from Current and haven't looked back.
- It's inexpensive (pay about $26/mo for 2Mbps service, could pay lkie $32 for 3Mbps)
- It's plenty fast, at least for my home use. I easily get the 2Mbps they promise and often more. Plus my upload speed is the same, which is handy when I run an FTP server to get files back and forth from work.
- It's reliable. The service hasn't gone out once since I got it (almost a year). Setup the modem it was a plug it in, 'It Just Works' situation.
- MY WHOLE HOUSE is wired for it already. I can pick up the PC and put it at any outlet, no routers, no wireless cards. Plus when I got a new computer all it took was an additional modem in another room. Two PCs sharing bandwidth, no extra setup.
I'm not an expert or a HAM enthusiast, but I agree that if there are interference problems I agree they need to be addressed. I'd certainly like to know more about the issue. If some one could point me to some inexpensive ways to figure out what kind of noise is coming off my telephone poles that would be cool. But I haven't heard about any problems with local law enforcement, etc. The trial areas here are in pretty densely popultated parts of town, so you might expect they'd surface soon.
I just hope that before every/.er tells their friends to write this technology off they realize it has plenty of plusses.
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I live in Cincinnati and I subscribe to Current's BPL service. Notwithstanding Slashdotters' speculation, there has been no epidemic of bad TV recpetion. I'm not a Ham operator but am not aware of any outcry there either. Oh, and Current's broadband service is fast, cheap, and reliable. I pay at least $10/mo less than comparable cable modem service, and I have never once had a service outage. I'd recommend anyone give this (awesome) technology a try before badmouthing it.
I live in Cincinnati and I HAVE BPL. One thing a lot of people seem to forget about this 'stupid' idea is that IT'S TOTALLY COOL. And it works. Really! Having had (bad) experience with Cincinnati Bell's DSL service, I switched to BPL from Current and haven't looked back. - It's inexpensive (pay about $26/mo for 2Mbps service, could pay lkie $32 for 3Mbps) - It's plenty fast, at least for my home use. I easily get the 2Mbps they promise and often more. Plus my upload speed is the same, which is handy when I run an FTP server to get files back and forth from work. - It's reliable. The service hasn't gone out once since I got it (almost a year). Setup the modem it was a plug it in, 'It Just Works' situation. - MY WHOLE HOUSE is wired for it already. I can pick up the PC and put it at any outlet, no routers, no wireless cards. Plus when I got a new computer all it took was an additional modem in another room. Two PCs sharing bandwidth, no extra setup. I'm not an expert or a HAM enthusiast, but I agree that if there are interference problems I agree they need to be addressed. I'd certainly like to know more about the issue. If some one could point me to some inexpensive ways to figure out what kind of noise is coming off my telephone poles that would be cool. But I haven't heard about any problems with local law enforcement, etc. The trial areas here are in pretty densely popultated parts of town, so you might expect they'd surface soon. I just hope that before every /.er tells their friends to write this technology off they realize it has plenty of plusses.