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Re: RF Polluter said by stonecolddsl:Now I have a question regard ham and bpl. the one major argument I seen is if bpl is allowed we are all screwed because ham operators wont be able to convey messages etc, in a disaster. Lets face it when telephone lines go down and cell towers are overloaded there is only one way to communicate out side the disaster area that is with ham radios. So here is my question anyway, if a disaster happened where i lived I can tell you bpl would not be an issue as there would be no power . no power no bpl. Also there is not that many power companies out there who want to implement bpl so what is the big deal. FPL (florida power and Light) Has one of the biggest fiber optics networks in the state yet has no plans to do bpl. this is almost like the little boy who cried wolf. BPL BPL BPL it will destroy us all, yet people look around and don't see bpl, so they ignore you and go on to there day to day business. Not this tired argument again. 
Again, if BPL died in the disaster area, there would be no problem IN THAT AREA! If the receiving station has BPL in the area, they won't be able to hear the station in the disaster area.
Do you propose shutting down all BPL services in the event of a disaster? That would be close to year round in this country. 
I'll even add that if there was another service that interfered with someone's TV or cell phone, they would be crying how they couldn't watch Jerry Springer or call their friend to chit chat. |
