Broadband Over Power Lines vs. Radio Relayers

amaiman writes "Recently, broadband Internet access has been increasing around the country. These broadband signals, while providing Internet access to remote communities that would normally not be able to receive broadband, are causing enormous interference to the radio spectrum. This article details some of the problems, and a video available on the American Radio Relay League's (ARRL) site shows exactly how much interference the broadband power lines can cause. Detailed information is also available on the ARRL site."

Yet another example...

[ErichTheWebGuy]

... of why the FCC is so damned ineffective. I thought the FCC was commissioned to prevent just this sort of thing? Apparently these days it is only another government hypocricy that panders to the highest-paying lobby.

I wonder

[Moblaster]

First wardialing, then wardriving, now... warduracelling.

This is so old, it should be the other way around

[CrystalFalcon]

The latest RFC don't deal with broadband over power lines any more. It's been tried, and power companies have folded over this bet.

My own power company gave up and found it more efficient to simply lay TCP/IP fiber along the new power lines instead.

No, the new thing is not TCP/IP over electricity lines, but electricity over TCP/IP lines [faqs.org], as detailed in RFC3251.

In My day...

[JoeLinux]

We had to make HF frequencies by hand! In the Snow! Uphill both ways!

Re:In My day...

[kps]

You could buy diodes? You had it easy! We had to make our own. The first one was easy enough, but catching the cat the second time....

Horse Hockey.

[Anonymous Coward]

No one will read this but I can't help but to say it anyway...

Worrying about how ham radio operators fit in to a plan to serve broadband to millions of people is like worrying about how horse and buggy drivers fit into a plan to build an interstate hiway.