[RFI] Bush and BPL

[Chuck Gooden]

In my opinion, broadband capabilities for this country will be a very 
good program  that will happen...and happen sooner than later.  
Whether it will be BPL, wireless,  high speed cable, DSL, or even 
satellite,  it will happen and it doesn't matter if a  republican or a 
democrate will be in office. 

To me it is odd that the ARRL and others are petitioning the FCC to 
keep one of   the most basic and simplest forms of communications 
to be required to  reach the  highest level of a radio amateur in this 
age of technology, the  internet, and instant  communications!  
Even when a large number of other countries are dropping the  
code requirements. 

Yesterday, hams were developing technology and advancing the 
state of the art.   But today we're attempting to limit technology and 
attempting to keep  communication modes that are very 
significantly less important than they were in  their day.  Tomorrow 
we will be having the same BPL problems that we have today,  only 
they will involve broadband wireless access points and future 
technology.  I  don't believe this is showing up on anyone's radar 
screen yet.