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Special Reports > Broadband Over Powerline
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Computing Unplugged passes judgement on BPL
Computing Unplugged Magazine - August 2006
Is BPL the helpful key to nearly universal high-speed Internet access or a technology that could cripple our critical radio frequency infrastructure? This is the question that Computing Unplugged Magazine set out to answer. This article contains the result of our in-depth analysis.
A BPL manufacturer responds to all the complaints
Computing Unplugged Magazine - August 2006
Poor Chano Gomez! When he pitched us an interview on Broadband-over-Powerline (BPL), little did this BPL manufacturer know that he'd be touching off a firestorm of debate. Two months and more than a dozen articles later, Chano's graciously consented to another interview, this time to answer the charges against BPL from its detractors. We have to give special "props" to Chano. Not only did he agree to step up and answer some tough questions, he also did so while on vacation in Europe. So, special thanks go out to him for taking the time to help us understand this issue more fully.
Inside the ARRL's objection to BPL interference
Computing Unplugged Magazine - August 2006
When we first began our coverage of Broadband-over-Powerline (BPL), members of the ham radio community who also read Computing Unplugged made sure we understood that there's actually a controversy here, an important one. As we began to research the topic further, one organization's name kept coming up over and over: the American Radio Relay League, better known as the ARRL. After some back and forth dialog, Allen Pitts, Media and Public Relations Manager for the ARRL, agreed to be interviewed by Computing Unplugged. What follows is that interview.
An expert's analysis of BPL
Computing Unplugged Magazine - August 2006
If you've been following our Broadband-over-Powerline (BPL) coverage these past weeks, you can see we've come up with more questions than answers. As part of our attempt to expose all sides of this issue, we've been looking for true experts who can help us understand the issue. As part of that research, we turned up Glenn Elmore. We're very grateful for Glenn in helping us understand this issue in far more depth than we've been able to thusfar. As a radio amateur and a BPL researcher, Glenn's getting us answers as close to the core of the problem as we think we're going to be able to find.
Understanding the information rate of BPL and other last-mile pipes
Computing Unplugged Magazine - August 2006
Throughout our research into BPL, we've talked about interference issues. In his in-depth interview, elsewhere in this issue, Glenn Elmore introduced the question of data rate across the various technologies. In this short, highly technical article, he shows how that data rate applies over a variety of "last-mile pipes".
Why are we giving BPL all this coverage?
Computing Unplugged Magazine - August 2006
By now, everyone who regularly reads Computing Unplugged has noticed that our summer editorial has been devoted to a single topic. We've been devoting our article-level coverage to a single, apparently obscure topic called broadband-over-powerline, otherwise known as BPL. Why? In this article, Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz explains why this issue is important for us all to understand.
Interference: is it the dark underbelly of BPL?
Computing Unplugged Magazine - July 2006
We continue our in-depth coverage of the broadband over powerline (BPL) controversy. Is it a benign technology that can bring broadband to the unwired masses or is it a disaster waiting to happen? Here at Computing Unplugged, we honestly don't know. The manufacturers have a heck of a story to tell, but if you read analysis by technical experts, like this one from engineer Bill South, you get an entirely different perspective.
Implementing broadband over powerline
Computing Unplugged Magazine - July 2006
We continue our examination of broadband over powerline technology this week in the second part of our exclusive interview with Chano Gomez, one of the leading experts on this technology.
Understanding broadband over powerline technology
Computing Unplugged Magazine - July 2006
Broadband technology is changing at a wildly accelerated pace. Whether it's EvDO technology in your new Treo 700p or WiFi in your local coffee shop, it's clear Internet access is leaving POTS (Plain Ol' Telephone System) connections behind. One of the most exciting areas of innovation is broadband over powerline (BPL) technology, which distributes high-speed Internet connectivity over your household powerlines. We examine BPL in-depth this week in a detailed, exclusive interview with Chano Gomez, one of the leading experts on this technology.
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