Hello Pete,
I like the way you think. I sure hope you are
correct...
73, Ted K2QMF
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 21:17:45 -0400 Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
writes:
> Reading recent public statements on BPL from the President, UPLC and
> ARRL,
> unlike some other people I am immensely encouraged. Three months
> ago
> interference to and from BPL wasn't even mentioned at the top level
> of our
> government; today the President declares the intention to make sure
> BPL and
> other services can coexist, in the rules to be adopted. UPLC panics
> and
> begins throwing bricks; this strikes me as the response of someone
> who
> knows they are losing. Meanwhile ARRL reports the collapse of the
> Manassas, VA experiment.
>
> The fact is that BPL can be made benign vis-a-vis licensed services,
> but
> only by fencing off so much of the spectrum (and otherwise
> protecting
> licensed services) that it will not be able to deliver on its
> promise of
> high-speed internet service at a cost competitive with other
> delivery
> systems. With WiMax perhaps only a year away, why would any
> rational
> company management invest in BPL now?
>
> I think what we are witnessing is a broad-band exercise in
> face-saving. It
> may be premature to rejoice, but I think they're on the run.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> The World HF Contest Station Database
> was updated on June 5, 2004
> 2728 contest stations at
> www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
>
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