A month ago, I pointed out that Bush backed broadband access.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...om%26rnum%3D10

or

http://tinyurl.com/3gvsn

His speech at the time lacked details, and he made no mention of BPL.
Yesterday, he backed BPL.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...0040426-6.html


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And so here are some smart things to do: One, increase access to
federal land for fiberoptic cables and transmission towers. That makes
sense. As you're trying to get broadband spread throughout the
company, make sure it's easy to build across federal lands. One sure
way to hold things up is that the federal lands say, you can't build
on us. So how is some guy in remote Wyoming going to get any broadband
technology? Regulatory policy has got to be wise and smart as we
encourage the spread of this important technology. There needs to be
technical standards to make possible new broadband technologies, such
as the use of high-speed communication directly over power lines.
Power lines were for electricity; power lines can be used for
broadband technology. So the technical standards need to be changed to
encourage that.

And we need to open up more federally controlled wireless spectrum to
auction in free public use, to make wireless broadband more
accessible, reliable, and affordable. Listen, one of the technologies
that's coming is wireless. And if you're living out in -- I should --
I was going to say Crawford, Texas, but it's not -- maybe not nearly
as remote. (Laughter.) How about Terlingua, Texas? There's not a lot
of wires out there. But wireless technology is going to change all
that so long as government policy makes sense.

And we're going to continue to support the Federal Communications
Commission. Michael Powell -- Chairman Michael Powell, under his
leadership, his decision to eliminate burdensome regulations on new
broadband networks availability to homes. In other words, clearing out
the underbrush of regulation, and we'll get the spread of broadband
technology, and America will be better for it. (Applause.)
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Sell your radios now. America will be better for it.