Sorry Ron...you have this all wrong! BPL IS going to be good for
us...BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT SAID SO...period...the end!!!
Tom - W4BQF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <wn3vaw@fyi.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] BPL Update
> So let me see if I've got this straight:
>
> BPL is being sold as an efficient and cost effective means of providing
> Internet access to rural areas, but is only being tested and rolled out in
> urban areas.
>
> BPL is supposed to be cheaper than cable internet or DSL access, but
appears
> to cost the same or more.
>
> BPL tests show little or no intereference to radio communications, but are
> being tested in areas with minimal or no amateur radio licenses (or at
least
> no active ones)
>
> BPL-like systems have been tested in Europe, Japan, and other parts of the
> world and are, for the most part, being discontinued for causing
> interference to other radio services to the point where it is not
> technically feasible to overcome.
>
> BPL is currently allowable under FCC Part 15 -- no license, minimal power
> permitted, not allowed to cause interfence to any other service and must
> accept interference from other services.
>
> But we and others are "exageratting potential interference" and we are
doing
> so to "limit the efficiency and effectiveness of BPL"
>
> Huh? What did I miss that goes towards that conclusion? (I know, there I
> go again, trying to inject logic into the situation)
>
> Oh, and I like that further comment that "to the extent that interference
is
> demonstrated, there should be an attempt to accommodate BPL, even if it
> means that existing communications providers may have to share or transfer
> bandwidth." I think, IMHO, that that is legal double-speak (apologies to
> George Orwell) for "even if we do cause interference, too bad, live with
it
> and go elsewhere."
>
> 73, ron wn3vaw
>
> "I lost most of my squad over Macho Grande... Planes too..."
> Ted Stryker, Airplane II: The Sequel
>
>
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