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Mesquite, TX | Comtek made their bed Comtek leveraged their relationship with the local municipality with an inferior version of BPL technology.
The unlicensed Part 15 emissions are interfering with licensed users of the spectrum.
What a success!!!  900 subscribers and the unique properties of the HF spectrum are made unusable by the infrastructure choice of BPL.
Comtek is stuck with their "early adoptee" version of BPL that will fail and the best they can do is stick their head in the sand and say "It's OK!" because they ignore the mandate of FCC regulations. Meanwhile newer versions of BPL can co-exist will all of the HF spectrum users due to better implementations of this "third-pipe".
I am all for BPL, but it needs to be implemented with a technology that meets the requirements of the Rule of Law.
There are WiMAX trials using amateur frequencies in the US. The 3.3 - 3.5 GHz spectrum is available for the Amateur Radio Service and this frequency range is available in ITU Regions 1 & 3 for EXISTING WiMAX infrastructure for 802.16 - 2004 . . . HSMM will gain acceptance in the Amateur Radio Service for Public Service and non-commercial use and particularly when additional price compression is seen in the infrastructure.
While others spend their life bemoaning how backwards Amateur Radio is, and max their connections with P2P and p0rn downloads, amateurs with RF and IT expertise will try to make a difference in Public Service.
Please don't think that everyone with a ham license is anti-technology ! |
