Utility Cuts Short BPL Trial

Utility Cuts Short BPL Trial 239

Posted by timothy on Wednesday June 30, 2004 @03:02AM from the bzzzzzzt dept.

fatboy writes "The ARRL is reporting that Alliant Energy has called an early end to its broadband over power line (BPL) pilot project in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The "evaluation system" went live March 30, and plans were for it to remain active until August or September. Alliant shut it down June 25. Ongoing, unresolved HF interference from the system to retired engineer Jim Spencer, W0SR, and other amateurs prompted the ARRL to file a complaint to the FCC on Spencer's behalf demanding it be shut down."

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man, be must be buzzed... (Score:5, Funny)

by cliveholloway ( 132299 ) writes: on Wednesday June 30, 2004 @03:05AM (#9568704) Homepage Journal

"unresolved HF interference from the system to retired engineer Jim Spencer"

It must be bad if poor old Jim was interfered with.

cLive ;-)

As a fellow Coast to Coast listener (Score:5, Funny)

by mcpkaaos ( 449561 ) writes: on Wednesday June 30, 2004 @03:14AM (#9568748)

You got all of that from Art Bell you big faker! ;-)

Re:Why am I totally unsurprised? (Score:5, Funny)

by Kris_J ( 10111 ) * writes: on Wednesday June 30, 2004 @03:31AM (#9568825) Homepage Journal

You can adapt a car to travel on water, but the result is expensive and technically poor.

Won't stop Branson trying to break a record in it though.
Just because something's hard doesn't mean it shouldn't be done. Otherwise, why would you go to the moon or do those other things?

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by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes: on Wednesday June 30, 2004 @03:36AM (#9568845)

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They should have known better... (Score:5, Funny)

by taped2thedesk ( 614051 ) * writes: on Wednesday June 30, 2004 @03:49AM (#9568898)

If BPL was possible, it'd be in SimCity.

Twisted pair... (Score:4, Funny)

by evilviper ( 135110 ) writes: on Wednesday June 30, 2004 @04:22AM (#9568986) Journal

I think we all know what this means. Some poor sucker is going to have to go out and start twistng power lines together, to get a pair... Pretty soon, it'll be "PowerLinesTx"

so in other words.... (Score:4, Funny)

by bani ( 467531 ) writes: on Wednesday June 30, 2004 @05:31AM (#9569151)

...they lied to you

Re:As a UK radio ham (Score:2, Funny)

by autophile ( 640621 ) writes: on Wednesday June 30, 2004 @09:48AM (#9570338)

large bandwidth over this kind of wires cause interference to just about everything, not just few hobbists.
Nasty hobbists! Greedy hobbists! Smeagol should KILL the nasty hobbistses!
--Rob

Re:man, be must be buzzed... (Score:2, Funny)

by AdrainB ( 694313 ) writes: on Wednesday June 30, 2004 @11:07AM (#9571102)

That's funny. When I think of broad band I think of the Go-Gos and The Bangles.

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man, be must be buzzed... (Score:5, Funny)

As a fellow Coast to Coast listener (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Why am I totally unsurprised? (Score:5, Funny)

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They should have known better... (Score:5, Funny)

Twisted pair... (Score:4, Funny)

so in other words.... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:As a UK radio ham (Score:2, Funny)

Re:man, be must be buzzed... (Score:2, Funny)

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