In article , "Phil Kane"
writes:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 09:03:31 -0400, Mike Coslo wrote:

hmmmm, I don't know about you, but I really like to have the numbers
line up.

So do I, but if it's a choice of dropping the code test NOW and
leaving a hole where Element 1 used to be to be dealt with at some
future date, or futzing around for months with a total reorganization
of test elements, privileges, band segments, etc via a series of NPRMs
in a taffy-pull that will make r.r.a.p. look like a sedate cricket match,
I take the former every time.


I'm afraid we're gonna get the taffy-pull/furball anyway, though. By inaction,
FCC has opened the floodgates to a zillion petitions on everyhting under the
sun. Which will then be smooshed into an NPRM, and finally maybe some rules
changes that have little resemblance to said NPRM.

Maybe somewhere in there that stupid BPL idea will get squelched.

No offense, Phil, but the fact that we even have to fight as bad an idea as BPL
has caused my respect for a certain "expert agency" to all but disappear.

73 de Jim, N2EY