[TowerTalk] BPL: Presidential Backing

[Bill Aycock]

Without going to your second paragraph, I could tell that you are not a 
ham. You attribute our desires only to the "bottom line" and not to other 
personal feelings. Most Hams ARE on the net, but not for cost savings. The 
act of communication is only a small part of our process; the acts that 
build that capability are usually of as much value.

Ignorance can be cured, but there must be a desire. Your attitude is 
unfortunate, but as long as the profit-loss aspects are the first (and 
probably only) thing that matters to you, there is no expectation of a more 
enlightened approach.

It is really apparent that the President and the current FCC Commission 
only care about feeding those who put $$ in their pockets.  The flagrant 
violation of their own procedures makes that clear. You apparently see 
things the same way.

ie, you don't have a clue.

Bill
At 07:10 AM 4/28/2004 -0700, you wrote:

>?????
>
>Guys, what's part of the magic of being a ham?  Cheap real time
>communication with others all over the world right?  Broadband allows that
>and more.  And for less money than you are spending to do it today.
>
>I'm not a ham but I am a broadband provider who uses wireless as one of the
>tools to do so.  I think in a way, I'm a lot like you guys.  *I* installed
>another system to service a new community last night.  People were so fired
>up they kept coming around asking when they could get hooked up while I was
>working on it.  Very cool.
>
>I'd think that the goal here shouldn't be how to stop BPL or any other
>broadband mechanism, but how to limit the damage to yourselves.  There's too
>much money and too many consumers affected to think that it's stoppable....
>
>I'm fascinated by the Ham community thoughts on this though.
>
>laters,
>Marlon
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>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <k2qmf at juno.com>
>To: <AB2OS at att.net>
>Cc: <towertalk at contesting.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 9:57 AM
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] BPL: Presidential Backing
>
>
> >
> > Another good reason to NOT vote for Bush............
> >
> > On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:19:44 -0400 Alan Beagley <AB2OS at att.net> writes:
> > > Yes, the technical standards need to be changed to allow BPL: require
> > >
> > > all power lines to be shielded.
> > >
> > > Alan AB2OS
> > >
> > >
> > > On 04/27/04 09:06 am Eric Rosenberg put fingers to keyboard and
> > > launched
> > > the following message into cyberspace:
> > >
> > > >  From the President's speech:
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > > . . . There needs to be technical
> > > > standards to make possible new broadband technologies, such as the
> > > use
> > > > of high-speed communication directly over power lines. Power lines
> > > were
> > > > for electricity; power lines can be used for broadband technology.
> > > So
> > > > the technical standards need to be changed to encourage that.
>
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Bill Aycock - W4BSG
Woodville, Alabama