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Not to mention law enforcemen, military, government and amateur radio operators who can legally interfer with it as they conduct normal broadcasting.

Also BPL interferes with HDTV reception and also the reception of signals on bands used by the above mentioned parties.

It has been outlawed in Japan and several other foreign countries. BPL trials in other parts of the US have been shut down due to interference.

I feel sorry for the folks who invest in this NYC BPL scheme.

Then again, I hope it serves to fix the intereference problems, BPL sounds really cool.. but in practice, right now, its a losing proposition.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/19/new-york-about-to-get-all-into-broadband-over-power-lines/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/19/new-york-about-to-get-all-into-broadband-over-power-lines/
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First a quot from the Montana Highway Patrol
"The overall effect of BPL implementation will be a potentially significant increase in the noise floor, which will render impossible otherwise acceptable mission critical public safety communications."
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6516182881

Next a quote from a company called ShipCom
"There is no justification to unnecessarily risking the lives of mariners, passenger and aircraft crews and rescue personal in the name of rushing for BPL approval."
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6516185627

Even more here: http://www.gobpl.com/index.html

And don't forget howstuffworks
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/bpl6.htm

I could go on and on. BPL is DOA.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/19/new-york-about-to-get-all-into-broadband-over-power-lines/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/19/new-york-about-to-get-all-into-broadband-over-power-lines/Dec 19th 2005 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/19/new-york-about-to-get-all-into-broadband-over-power-lines/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/19/new-york-about-to-get-all-into-broadband-over-power-lines/
I'm looking forward to see what happens, but I think, like the other commenters, that it will fall down and go boom.

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