"AK" wrote in message
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I doubt the "benefits millions" bit, but will the FCC restrict amateur
radio
if it interferes with big-business political contributors' operations ? Of
course it will.

ak



OK -- I'll go through it.

If BPL works as promised, it will benefit millions. The BPL folk promise
high speed internet access at under $30.00 a month. Every other high speed
access provider will have to compete with that price. More than that, BPL
promises continual power line monitoring and millions of dollars for local
governments. That's what BPL promises. If BPL can come through on these
promises, BPL will benefit millions.

Can BPL come through on their promises? I sure don't think so. Most people
with a technical background don't think so. There's a hundred reasons to
think that BPL won't be able to fulfill it's promises.

But how can it be PROVEN that BPL will fail? By talk? By computer
simulations? I'm sure my opinion doesn't cut it. The ONLY way to prove
that BPL cannot fulfill it's glittering promises is to -- let it fail.

BPL is being allowed. That hardly means that BPL will wipe out the SW
bands. Approval was the easy part. All it took was promises.

But now, it's put up or shut time for BPL. So far, BPL's reality check
doesn't seem to be going very well.

Please name the politician who would stand in the way of the BPL promises.
If they did block the BPL promises, then they would hear from the
thickheaded knee-jerks would be ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that the FCC was in the
pockets of the fat cats who want to keep access prices high.

I hope I've made my point clearly.

Frank Dresser