(Araucaria) BPL

[PY2ZX]

Luiz,

O caso é emblemático pois Manassas foi uma das primeiras a cidades
americanas a testar o BPL inclusive com financiamento público local e
apoio da FCC. A notícia também no WP:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/06/AR2010040603796.html?wpisrc=nl_tech

Flávio PY2ZX


> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 10:57:24 -0300
> From: Luís
> Subject: (Araucaria) +1 cidade desiste do BPL
> To: "Grupo Araucaria de Radioamadorismo" <araucaria em araucariadx.com>
>
> BPL: enquanto aqui, em SP, está se iniciando a comercialização da internet banda larga com tecnologia BPL,
> nos EUA mais uma cidade pulou para fora desse lixo.
>
> Destaquei em negrito/vermelho as afirmações que achei mais interessantes.
>
> É isso!
>
> Luis - PU2LJJ
> =======
> The City of Manassas to end BPL Service Once touted as "the most successful BPL deployment in the nation", the City of Manassas
> has decided to get out of the BPL business, once and for all. At a Special Meeting on Monday, April 5, the Manassas City Council - acting
> on a recommendation from the Manassas Utilities Commission - unanimously voted to discontinue Broadband over Powerline (BPL)
> Internet service as of July 1, 2010. The customers were told that they have three months to find a new Internet service provider.
>
> According to Manassas City Clerk Andrea Madden, there was no discussion on the resolution to discontinue service and
> the motion was passed "without incident."
>
> The motion made by Councilman Jonathan Way and seconded by Mark Wolfe, the City Council decided shutting down the BPL system in
> November 2009, the last time this matter was brought to the Council's attention. "The City needs to get out of BPL forthwith,"
> Way said back in 2009. "It's not a good product."
>
> Fonte: http://www.manassascity.org/archives/42/Agenda%20Packet%20-%20April%205,%202010.pdf