BTW, BPL is *not* going to serve the "underserved". I won't explain it.
You take the time and effort (*if* you have the perseverence - which I
doubt - and research it).

Whack! right on James. As if any of today's grid gloms are some kinda
dreamy nitwits who are gonna take Internet access into the boonies
like the TVA did with volts and amps.

Bwaaaahaha! Never in this world . . !



73 from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA

"Barry OGrady" wrote in message
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On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 05:46:09 GMT, Zoran Brlecic
wrote:


What needs to be weighed up is the cost/benefit ratio.
If BPL can benefit a huge number of people while inconveniencing a few
amateurs
then it is justified. Remember that amateur radio is a hobby that
unjustifiably occupies
valuable radio spectrum.

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Barry OGrady wrote:

What needs to be weighed up is the cost/benefit ratio.
If BPL can benefit a huge number of people while inconveniencing a few amateurs
then it is justified. Remember that amateur radio is a hobby that unjustifiably occupies
valuable radio spectrum.

Yeah, that's exactly the problem we face (well, that and a lack of
appreciation for irony, judging by some of the responses I'm seeing to
your post)...non-hams, including a lot of businesspeople involved in
lines that are looking for more frequencies to use, look at it from just
that perspective: hamming is a fringe hobby that eats up valuable
spectrum and provides nothing to the average person that they can't
already get from the Internet. That's the superficial sound-byte
opinion, and people won't invest much time in trying to get beyond that.
One can only educate those who want to be educated...

73, David KC0EKV