The truth about Broadband over Power Lines - BPL

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[sophiegromit]

Amateur Radio is much more than a 'hobby' folks.  It is a crucial service during emergencies or calamities, such as during hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and even 9/11. The service has proven itself over and over again. It has been around forever, and will continue to be around, as it is a way of life for many, and more than a mere 'hobby'.

[leemer12]

and not to mention all the other crucial services out there like international flight freqs., Military, Coast Guard and so on

[insanpriyadi]

^^^ leemer12, BPL operators are actually required not to operate on certain freqs used by coast guard, radio astro stations, etc.

BPL is getting stronger offering 200Mbps more than Wimax (70), Wifi (54) or VDSL (50) could offer. Using preexisting infrastructure means they will be cheaper and help in broadband penetration (esp in rural areas) all around the world.

There are 8 overlapping bands between BPL freq bands and amateur radio service and the one you see on the video is one of them (40m)

[RocRem]

@AudiophileTubes I know you are but what am I? You are probably one of thos old farts I was talking about. And you are a lier. Hame radio hasent save a life in years. I am a Motorola trained FCC licensed technition. 35 years in the field. I have to keep it quiet around here because idiot hamsters bring me old WW2 radios and want me to fix them for free. I have spent many hours monitering your drivil. You are just trying to protect your turf with that "save lives BS.

[AudiophileTubes]

@elpresidente2020 You utter moron! Well DUH, yes, if there is a complete power outage there will not be any BPL interference, BUT Amateur Radio is a hobby/service that is IN USE during non-emergencies too you simple minded cretin! Please evolve...

[simbish31]

BPL=BANANAPIELORD

[hohosown]

@elpresidente2020

But , if the BPL degrades amateur radio operations enough there won't be any hams around when the mayhem occurs. Perhaps you need to "think things through". There are many other, more efficient means to give you access to your internet porn . RF emissions that are harmful to long term, established communications systems are inefficient and uneccessary. It is just a cheap way for corporations to make dirty money.

[mrgoodvibrations]

@elpresidente2020 when do they/and how can they 'test' the system if they can't communicate?

[mrgoodvibrations]

@corvey Upgrade the BPL install filters. So sorry when your internet goes out cause of HAM use.

[corvey]

Time to upgrade your old ham radio crap... We need fast internet service...

[elpresidente2020]

@AudiophileTubes ...if the power is out and all other communications are down... then there won't be an internet connection to disrupt the radio frequencies. Perhaps you should think things through before you call other people a moron and idiot.