In its newest trial, announced earlier this month, Idacomm will make
broadband service available to 100 businesses or residences in Boise, Idaho
using equipment from Amperion. Christian estimated that about 1000
customers will be within reach of the service and said that in earlier
trials, Idacomm has had no problem getting 20% of the customers in a
potential serving area to request participation in the trials, which are at
no charge.
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In its newest trial, announced earlier this month, Idacomm will make
broadband service available to 100 businesses or residences in Boise,
Idaho
using equipment from Amperion. Christian estimated that about 1000
customers will be within reach of the service and said that in earlier
trials, Idacomm has had no problem getting 20% of the customers in a
potential serving area to request participation in the trials, which are
at
no charge.

If they can find a place where nobody has a need to receive weak radio
signals, then the test should be "successful." Or, if they can setup the
test where those affected by the naturally resulting wideband interference
can't get their complaints registered, the test will be officially
"successful."

In her speech, "Overview of the Road to Convergence: New Realities Collide
with Old Rules," the FCC's Abernathy called BPL "another promising
technology" that electric utilities have already successfully field tested.
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"I recognize that Amateur Radio licensees have raised concerns about
harmful interference," Abernathy said, "and that is something that will
have to be addressed before any mass market deployment can occur."

Abernathy said that if engineers can find a way to prevent harmful
interference to other radio services, BPL would represent "a tremendous
advance for consumers, because it could bring broadband to any home that
has electricity."

Engineers know the way to prevent BPL interference - it's called total
shielding of any wire carrying wideband transmissions. Maybe some day this
pathetic political appointment will ask someone at the FCC who understands
radio transmission theory to correct her pipe dream. Of course, with the big
money pouring in from the power lobby, the truth may not want to be known.

ak