So, I wondered whether time warner, comcast et al, were funding these complaints via nonprofit foundations.
So, I wondered whether time warner, comcast et al, were funding these complaints via nonprofit foundations.
BPL did not take hold because it fundamentally caused interference to HF radio. BPL itself has nothing to do with wireless anything.
It is not the usual case that cities own powerlines. The cities that do own such utilities have generally preferred to lay fiber instead of experiment with BPL, as they frequently own utilities that deliver telephony and video services.
From an engineering standpoint, sending broadband over the power infrastructure is seriously ugly, because the SNR is poor, shielding is poor, and spectral distortion is high. Power lines were never designed to be constant impedance, low loss and shielded for broadband frequencies. Due to all the impairments, the transmit power must be relatively high, and coupled with the poor shielding, interference with legitimate radio users is inevitable.