BPL gets even more serious competition in Manassas

[Hare, Ed W1RFI]

COMTek just sold the franchise to a new provider, who has not committed
to what equipment it wants to use to upgrade the sytsem.

Ed Hare, W1RFI
ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio
ARRL Laboratory Manager
225 Main St
Newington, CT 06111
Tel: 860-594-0318
Internet: W1RFI at arrl.org
Web: http://www.arrl.org/
Member: ASC C63 EMC Committee
   Chairman: Subcommittee 5, Immunity
   Chairman: Ad hoc BPL Working Group
Member: IEEE P1775 BPL EMC Committee
Member: IEEE, Standards Association, Electromagnetic Compatibility
Society
Member: ICES SCC-28 RF Safety
Member/Secretary: IEEE EMC Society Standards Development Committee
   Chairman, BPL Study Project
Member: Society of Automotive Engineers EMC/EMR Committee
Board of Directors: QRP Amateur Radio Club International 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Frank Gentges [mailto:fgentges at mindspring.com] 
>Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 11:22 AM
>To: Tacos; Hare, Ed W1RFI
>Subject: BPL gets even more serious competition in Manassas
>
>Tacoistas,
>
>The City of Manassas has awarded a franchise to Verizon for 
>the FiOS service.  A news article says
>
>"Manassas residents are a major step closer to having an 
>innovative, reliable and competitive alternative for their 
>cable television services, thanks to a unanimous vote by the 
>City Council Monday evening (May 5) authorizing Verizon to 
>offer its fiber-optic-powered FiOS TV."
>
>You can read more at
>
>http://www.prnewswire.com/news/index_mail.shtml?ACCT=104&STORY=
>/www/story/05-06-2008
>
>BPL and all the fanfare seems to be far enough in the past as 
>to be unmentioned.  I understand the Manassas BPL service has 
>not attracted many users in the face of other alternatives 
>that were always there. 
>Now with FiOS the BPL option will be even less attractive.
>
>Frank K0BRA
>
>
>