You seem to be saying that ham operators are the only ones affected. How
about air traffic control? FEMA? Coast Guard. Many more. All have voiced
their objections but the FCC is still going with the money.

"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
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Think about it, Starman. There are only slightly more than a half
million
ham operators in the USA, while BPL has to potential to serve the well
more
than 150 million internet users. If the FCC is going to kill BPL, it must
have a darn good reason. The "interference with our frequencies" argument
can only go so far if that industry can show it is even taking superficial
steps to minimize that.

The point here is that the FCC doesn't just work for us (a relatively
small group of ham operators), but must take the needs of _all_ Americans
into consideration. As the world changes, with a greater need for more and
more radio frequencies for newer technologies, our small numbers are going
to continue to hurt us. The only solution is to dramatically increase
those
numbers, but that will only come with dramatic change in this radio
service.
With substantial numbers, the FCC has something substantial to protect.
Sadly, far too many in this radio service are resisting the very changes
so
desperately needed.

I won't go into those changes here because it really isn't germane to
this
newsgroup.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/