[RFI] More on President Bush's Speech

[Alan Beagley]

Yes, the technical standards need to be changed to allow BPL: require 
all power lines to be shielded.

Alan AB2OS


On 04/27/04 09:30 am Eric Rosenberg put fingers to keyboard and launched 
the following message into cyberspace:

> A companion document, "A NEW GENERATION OF AMERICAN INNOVATION" was 
> released along with the speech that did talk about BPL and spectrum.

> The Administration is working to enable the rollout of broadband 
> technology. The Department of
> Commerce is developing the technical specifications necessary to enable 
> the widespread and responsible
> deployment of broadband over powerlines (BPL). Having conducted 10 
> million measurements of BPL systems,
> the Department of Commerce will be able to chart the clear technical 
> path forward for BPL to coexist with other
> critical uses of spectrum. Once deployed, BPL has the potential to turn 
> every electrical outlet into a broadband
> pipeline.