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BPL Challenged...Again

"We believe that a lack of utility expertise in running commercially successful consumer telecom businesses and a poor track record of success, combined with utility reluctance to rapidly adopt new technologies, and competition from DSL, cable modems, and other emerging technologies will limit the growth of BPL," said Rick Nicholson, vice president of research for Energy Insights. "Even in markets currently underserved by DSL and cable modems, the lack of customer density makes achieving scale and favorable economics a challenge."

BPL may be overhyped, study says We will probably be hearing this kind of analysis in 2007. What analysts tend to overlook is the amount of time and energy that utilitiy executives have put into this technology, and the impact of adding wireless mesh and WiMAX to the BPL solution. As part of an integrated solution, I believe that BPL is viable. By itself, I'm not so sure, for reasons highlighted in this short article.

Posted on October 06, 2005 at 10:50 PM

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