[BC] BPL flaws

[Robert Meuser]

>From a link on a previous post I see the gas line used as a conduit for fiber. The 
company promoting this has developed special fitting for the gas lines. The idea is to 
save on underground construction costs. The data network itself is just a standard fiber 
based arrangement.

R


On 23 May 2005 at 12:12, Ron Castro wrote:

> Aren't gas lines grounded?  Even if it's determined that they can send RF 
> that way, it can still cause a problem.  I have significant noise problems 
> from underground power lines that run in front of my house.  PG$E has never 
> been able to fix the problem, and now with rotten band conditions, constant 
> S-5 noise makes 20-10 meters hard to work.
> 
> Ron Castro
> Chief Technical Officer
> Results Radio, LLC
> 
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> From: "Dave" <mrfixit at min.midco.net>
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> Subject: Re: [BC] BPL flaws
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> 
> > So I've never seen any logical justification for the BPL bandwagon. Now, I
> > have coffee with several guys, one being the local TELCO sales rep, who
> > tells us that broadband over GAS LINES is next as BPL was causing too much
> > interference. Fiber to the neighborhood, then broaband to the house over 
> > the
> > natural gas pipe.
> >
> > If nothing else comes of it, that ought to make the "one call" locate 
> > easier
> > to do.....
> >
> > Dave Dunsmoor
> >
> >
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