FCC COMMISSIONER KATHLEEN Q. ABERNATHY SEES BROADBAND-OVER-
POWERLINE TECHNOLOGY AS A COMPONENT OF "BROADBAND NIRVANA"


On September 22, 2003, FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy
delivered a speech to the United PowerLine Council's Annual
Conference in which she heavily promoted broadband-over-powerline
("BPL") technology. Rarely has an FCC Commissioner presented
such a one-sided address, not mentioning the likelihood that BPL
will cause massive interference to licensed radio services.
Ms. Abernathy's entire speech (as prepared for delivery) and a
summary of the response of one organization are posted at:


http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...C-239079A1.doc
and
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/09/25/100/?nc=1


A BBC R&D White Paper entitled, "The Effects of Power-Line
Telecommunications on Broadcast Reception: Brief Trial in Crieff"
is available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp/whp067.html.

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She needs some major mental ex-lax to clear her mind.
"David" wrote in message
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FCC COMMISSIONER KATHLEEN Q. ABERNATHY SEES BROADBAND-OVER-
POWERLINE TECHNOLOGY AS A COMPONENT OF "BROADBAND NIRVANA"


On September 22, 2003, FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy
delivered a speech to the United PowerLine Council's Annual
Conference in which she heavily promoted broadband-over-powerline
("BPL") technology. Rarely has an FCC Commissioner presented
such a one-sided address, not mentioning the likelihood that BPL
will cause massive interference to licensed radio services.
Ms. Abernathy's entire speech (as prepared for delivery) and a
summary of the response of one organization are posted at:


http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...C-239079A1.doc
and
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/09/25/100/?nc=1


A BBC R&D White Paper entitled, "The Effects of Power-Line
Telecommunications on Broadcast Reception: Brief Trial in Crieff"
is available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp/whp067.html.

(CGC Communicator articles may be reproduced in any form
provided they are unaltered and credit is given to the CGC
Communicator and the originating authors, when named. Past
issues may be viewed and searched at http://www.bext.com/_CGC/
courtesy of Bext Corporation. )

"David" wrote in message
...
FCC COMMISSIONER KATHLEEN Q. ABERNATHY SEES BROADBAND-OVER-
POWERLINE TECHNOLOGY AS A COMPONENT OF "BROADBAND NIRVANA"


On September 22, 2003, FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy
delivered a speech to the United PowerLine Council's Annual
Conference in which she heavily promoted broadband-over-powerline
("BPL") technology. Rarely has an FCC Commissioner presented
such a one-sided address, not mentioning the likelihood that BPL
will cause massive interference to licensed radio services.
Ms. Abernathy's entire speech (as prepared for delivery) and a
summary of the response of one organization are posted at:


http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...C-239079A1.doc
and
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/09/25/100/?nc=1


[snip]

Is broadband itself worth gushing over? Around here, broadband is supposed
to be 10 times faster at maybe twice the price. On paper, broadband looks
like a pretty good deal compared to two line setup in which one line is used
mostly for dial-up. Still, dial-up is doing quite well. Dial-up suits me
fine, at least for now.

So, just what is broadband nirvana?

Frank Dresser

Ain't that the self-service robbery ? Just walk up, stuff wheel barrow loads
of money in it and go back to get some more ...

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:43:12 GMT, "Frank Dresser"
wrote:


So, just what is broadband nirvana?

It's appeal is mostly for high graphics content websites (porn) and
newsgroup binaries (porn, Software, MP3's) which BTW have all largely
fueled the growth of the Internet.

This is not to say broadband is its own right is a bad thing. In some
areas such as Vermont, local calls are expensive. Here broadband
widely apeals because it costs the same as dialup when you add in
local call charges to link to the ISP.

mike

"mike" wrote in message
...

It's appeal is mostly for high graphics content websites (porn) and
newsgroup binaries (porn, Software, MP3's) which BTW have all largely
fueled the growth of the Internet.

This is not to say broadband is its own right is a bad thing. In some
areas such as Vermont, local calls are expensive. Here broadband
widely apeals because it costs the same as dialup when you add in
local call charges to link to the ISP.

mike


Yeah, right now, it seems broadband doesn't become really attractive until
it gets price competitive with dial-up.


The "Broadband Nirvana" comment reminded me of a silly article I read which
claimed the high tech recession was due to old fashioned regulation holding
back broadband access. Maybe regulation was holding back the manufacturers
and suppliers in the broadband industry, but, as I remember, he also implied
that the US economy really needed broadband somehow. He wasn't specific as
to how. It just did.

The FCC commissioners are taking that tone, as well. Broadband must be ten
times better than dial-up because -- well, just because. And the
commissioners won't be caught roadblocking the future.

But right now, for lots of people, the internet works just fine with
dial-up. They won't contribute ten times as much to the economy with
broadband. They won't be ten times as entertained. The connection sits
idle most of the time, anyway. Broadband won't be a necessity until there's
something better than the usual e-mail, chat rooms and lite internet surfing
people do.

In a way, it looks similiar to the way most of the new UHF TV and FM radio
stations struggled in the early 50s. There was a huge increase in
bandwidth, but there was little extra to fill it with. People got what they
wanted from their AM radios and VHF TVs. It took about 25 years before the
extra bandwidth was filled.

I was at the library and found a book called "SST here it comes - ready or
not!" So I checked it out. Figured it would be good for a laugh, at least.
Actually it was a pretty good book. The author was an avation writer who
gave a good accounting of the SST debate of 1969 or so. Of course, we
abandoned the American SST program, and it didn't matter much. Few
travellers wanted to pay the extra price to go faster.

Frank Dresser

Frank Dresser wrote:


"David" wrote in message
...
FCC COMMISSIONER KATHLEEN Q. ABERNATHY SEES BROADBAND-OVER-
POWERLINE TECHNOLOGY AS A COMPONENT OF "BROADBAND NIRVANA"


On September 22, 2003, FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy
delivered a speech to the United PowerLine Council's Annual
Conference in which she heavily promoted broadband-over-powerline
("BPL") technology. Rarely has an FCC Commissioner presented
such a one-sided address, not mentioning the likelihood that BPL
will cause massive interference to licensed radio services.
Ms. Abernathy's entire speech (as prepared for delivery) and a
summary of the response of one organization are posted at:


http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...C-239079A1.doc
and
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/09/25/100/?nc=1


[snip]

Is broadband itself worth gushing over? Around here, broadband is supposed
to be 10 times faster at maybe twice the price. On paper, broadband looks
like a pretty good deal compared to two line setup in which one line is used
mostly for dial-up. Still, dial-up is doing quite well. Dial-up suits me
fine, at least for now.

So, just what is broadband nirvana?

Hollywood sewage at 5 times its current speed into every room of your
home 24/7! Profitable yes, but desirable? It reminds me of a cartoon of
a couple watching HDTV and the guy says "It's still 500 channels of
trash" and the woman responds "Yeah, but look at how well it comes in!".

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:39:06 -0500, tommyknocker wrote
(in message ):

Frank Dresser wrote:


"David" wrote in message
...
FCC COMMISSIONER KATHLEEN Q. ABERNATHY SEES BROADBAND-OVER-
POWERLINE TECHNOLOGY AS A COMPONENT OF "BROADBAND NIRVANA"


On September 22, 2003, FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy
delivered a speech to the United PowerLine Council's Annual
Conference in which she heavily promoted broadband-over-powerline
("BPL") technology. Rarely has an FCC Commissioner presented
such a one-sided address, not mentioning the likelihood that BPL
will cause massive interference to licensed radio services.
Ms. Abernathy's entire speech (as prepared for delivery) and a
summary of the response of one organization are posted at:


http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...C-239079A1.doc
and
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/09/25/100/?nc=1


[snip]

Is broadband itself worth gushing over? Around here, broadband is supposed
to be 10 times faster at maybe twice the price. On paper, broadband looks
like a pretty good deal compared to two line setup in which one line is
used
mostly for dial-up. Still, dial-up is doing quite well. Dial-up suits me
fine, at least for now.

So, just what is broadband nirvana?

Hollywood sewage at 5 times its current speed into every room of your
home 24/7! Profitable yes, but desirable? It reminds me of a cartoon of
a couple watching HDTV and the guy says "It's still 500 channels of
trash" and the woman responds "Yeah, but look at how well it comes in!".



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