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| COMPUTING UNPLUGGED MAGAZINE - AUGUST 2006 |
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An expert's analysis of BPL
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.
Computing Unplugged passes judgement on BPL
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.
The ARRL on BPL
We continue our editorial coverage of the broadband over powerline (BPL) controversy with a letter from Ed Hare, Laboratory Manager of the ARRL (American Radio Relay League). The ARRL has be the most vocal opponent we've seen to BPL and, in this article, we give their technical expert the opportunity to discuss the issue.
Understanding the information rate of BPL and other last-mile pipes
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".
Could BPL be a clear and present danger to national security?
We continue our editorial coverage of the broadband over powerline (BPL) controversy with a letter from Fred Stevens, a retired US Army Signal Corps Lieutenant Colonel who's also an Amateur Radio operator. Fred took issue with some of our coverage of the BPL issue. Given his unique background, we asked him to expand upon his letter (he was quite annoyed with us). This is a worthy read. Fred has some very interesting perspectives. Because of some of the more controversial comments in the article, we're obliged to state that the opinions of the author are not necessarily that of Computing Unplugged Magazine, the editors, or ZATZ Publishing.
Inside the ARRL's objection to BPL interference
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.
A BPL manufacturer responds to all the complaints
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.
FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Why are we giving BPL all this coverage?
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.
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