Yet another indication that BPL just doesn’t make economic sense….Dan
From InsideNoVA.Com:
City council considers ending Internet service
By Keith Walker
Published: November 18, 2009
Updated: November 19, 2009If Manassas Councilman Jonathan L. Way had his druthers, he’d shut down the city’s low-cost Internet service as soon as possible, because it’s costing the city more than $100,000 a year.
In 2003, the city introduced broadband over power lines, or BPL, to bring low-cost Internet access to city residents. Since then, the city has spent $1.6 million on the project, Way said.
The service has continued to shed customers while expenses have continued to rise.
“I think we need to get out of BPL forthwith,” Way said Tuesday at a city council special meeting. “It’s not a good product. The whole business is not financially sound and it never has been.”
Forecasts by the utilities commission show that the service is likely to lose between $100,771 and $171,353, or an average of $151,825 each year over the next nine years.
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