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"Dan/W4NTI" w4nti@get rid of this mindspring.com wrote in message hlink.net... big clip You know very well, or you should, that the ARRL send it a very comprehensive report on that subject. Both the initial comments and the latest round. The ARRL is the best, and only, organization that can do a thing to help us against BPL at this time. Its all we have. And I think they are doing a fine job. The FCC is staffed with a bunch of pro business lawyers. THAT IS THE PROBLEM. They don't have a clue of what they are doing. If you want to change the thinking at the FCC. Then writting your congressman is the ONLY way to do it. Since the congress controls their purse strings. The only other alternative would be to take it to court. Make use of the green peace bunch to sue for the destruction of a natural resource, the HF spectrum. etc.. Any port in a storm. Dan/W4NTI I agree that the ARRl is doing a decent job on this issue. My fears regarding BPL go along these lines: 1) Business wants it. This means that the Republicans, in general, are for it. It certainly means the FCC Powers-That-Be are for it. 2) Providing broadband access to as many as possible, as cheaply as possible, is an issue that appels to Liberals. This means, in genral, that the Democrats are for it. 3) The ARRL has a fairly small percentage (what is it, about 33%?) of registered U.S. hams as members. This reduces its effectiveness. 4) I doubt that many politicians see BPL as a make-or-break issue for their ham constiuants. That is, how many hams would vote for (or against) someone based on votes relating to BPL? How much money (soft and hard dollars) would increase (decrease) solely based on votes on BPL? If my assumption is true, then the ham community's voice is further reduced in effectiveness. 5) The power companies have done a fine job of defining the issue in a way beneficial to themselves: Which is more important: Cheap, widespread access to broadband or a hobby playground for hams? To tell the truth, if that were the issue, I would support BPL. 6) The ham community's voice, weak enough already, is further reduced by fights over secondary issues. As is: BPL is good because it will serve the No-Coders right. I don't think the power companies could say it better. To win this issue, we need to try to redefine the issue. We need to be saying: Cheap Broadband for everyone is EXTREMELY important and we will do nothing to stop it. Here is how to best achieve this...... BPL, in addition to interfering with long time and important users of the HF spectrum, suffers from the following technical problems which makes it ineffective as a broadband solution .... Paul AB0SI |
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