[TowerTalk] Interesting video on BPL from the power companies

[Jim Lux]

I would hope that someone (or more than one) from the ARRL (and just hams 
at large) will be attending the conference at the end of September. 
http://www.uplc.utc.org/index.v3page?p=29052

Sunday's afternoon tutorial:
This pre-conference tutorial will outline the business, technical 
and                                                         regulatory 
issues for BPL in the U.S. Trials are underway in the U.S. 
by                                                         investor-owned 
and municipal utilities, showing that the technology 
is                                                         real. The 
questions now are when will BPL be commercialized, what 
are                                                         the business 
opportunities, and what regulations will impact 
its                                                         deployment. 
This tutorial will explain how BPL works and describe 
the                                                         state of the 
technology; report on developments in the field; examine 
the                                                         prospects for 
BPL in a challenging economic market; and identify 
and                                                         evaluate the 
regulatory challenges and opportunities for BPL in the U.S.

Monday has several sessions of interest... The executive roundtable at 10AM 
will, among other things, "discuss in an open forum their experiences in 
BPL trials and deployment."
There's also a talk about enhancing BPL access to capital markets

Tuesday's first session is a "regulatory overview", followed by a session 
with folks from FCC OET (Ed Thomas), NTIA (Jack Zinman), etc.  As the blurb 
says: "Brainstorm directly withthe key policymakers to develop policies 
that promote the deployment of BPL!"

Wednesday has a BPL Business Case Workshop

Many open Q&A forums particularly on Monday.



At 10:28 AM 9/2/2003 -0400, Cqtestk4xs at aol.com wrote:
>Check out this site for some interesting video from your local future BPL
>providers.
>
>http://www.uplc.org/
>
>Near the bottom there is a black box on BPL.  Click it to see your bright
>future with BPL.
>
>Bill K4XS
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