The National Association for Amateur Radio, ARRL, has filed a Petition for Reconsideration with the FCC on the Report & Order issued concerning BPL on October 14, 2004.

Full article with links to the filing are here:

ATLANTA, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The following statement is in response to today's vote by the Federal Communications Commission approving an order on broadband over power lines (BPL) and is attributable to Dave Baker, EarthLink (Nasdaq: ELNK - News) vice president of law and public policy:

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 14

The government today announced the Broadband Policy 2004 formulated with a view to providing an impetus to broadband and Internet penetration in the country. The policy announced by Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Mr Maran, at a press conference held here today, envisages potential of growth in GDP and enhancement in quality of life through various applications in all walks of life.

The prime consideration guiding the policy includes affordability and reliability of Broadband services, incentives for creation of additional infrastructure, employment opportunities, induction of latest technologies, national security and bring in competitive environment so as to reduce regulatory interventions, Mr Maran said.

Ron Coates

silicon.com

iPass subscribers will now be able to use their accounts for Boeing Connexion's WiFi service on two trans-Atlantic routes operated by Lufthansa

Global Wi-Fi roaming supplier iPass is extending its range upward in a deal with Boeing Connexion, the in-flight wireless provider.

The deal will give iPass' 528,000 customers broadband access on two Lufthansa trans-Atlantic routes.

Alternative form of high-speed Internet access is more widely available.

Jennifer Mears, Network World

Monday, August 23, 2004

Source PC World

In Manassas, Virginia, residents and businesses have a third option for broadband Internet access, and it comes at a lower price and without the installation fee and long-term commitment of DSL and cable. What's more, it's delivered over electrical wires, meaning everyone soon will have access to high-speed Internet without availability limitations that plague other technologies.

Mon Aug 2,11:54 AM ET

Peter Coffee - eWEEK

Source Yahoo News

Bad things happen when ideal IT concepts bump into the realities of imperfect hardware. This time, I'm talking about the slow-motion train wreck of BPL (broadband over power lines), a basically bad idea that's now the subject of a newly launched IEEE standard process.

With lots of people wanting its benefits and few people understanding its drawbacks, BPL seems likely to gain too much momentum to be killed. A win for BPL, though, could be a loss for some valuable applications of the radio spectrum—but you'd never know that there's a serious risk, or even a controversy, if all you saw was the IEEE's cheerful July 20 announcement of IEEE P1675, "Standard for Broadband over Power Line Hardware."

By Ben Charny

CNET News.com

July 14, 2004, 11:55 AM PT

AT&T and Pacific Gas and Electric demonstrated Wednesday how broadband can be sent over power lines, an emerging alternative to cable and DSL for delivering high-speed Internet access.

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NEWINGTON, CT, Mar 18, 2004--Comments on the FCC Broadband over Power Line (BPL) Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) in ET Dockets 03-104 and 04-37 are due by Monday, May 3. The deadline for reply comments (comments on comments filed by others) is Tuesday, June 1.

March 15, 2004

By Tony Rehagen ~ Southeast Missourian

In June 2002, Jeff Worley found a postcard from Ameren Corp. in his mailbox outside his home in the Woodland Hills Subdivision in Cape Girardeau.

Promises easier and more convenient access to the Internet, although some critics note it could cause radio interference problems.

By Dana Greenlee, co-host WebTalk Radio 3/13/04

Broadband connectivity over power lines has been in development for years with the promise of easy and convenient Internet access.

March 8, 2004 (11:49 a.m. EST)

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