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Alexandria, VA | Nothing has changed First impressions, having not read the NPRM. And remember, the FCC release is JUST a proposal, not actual rules. Once the NPRM is released, the comments period begins.
BPL was already legal to deploy as long as it met Part 15 emission limits, and this is where the FCC's NPRM comes into play:
1. The BPL industry wanted Part 15 limits relaxed, the FCC said NO.
2. Unlike any other Part 15 device, BPL equipment must use "adaptive interference-mitigation techniques". Given the BPL industries continuing claims that there is no interference potential, that is pretty telling.
3. All BPL deployments and equipment locations must be 'registered', so there will be no hiding from the imminent interference complaints.
Without going into great detail on the above points, BPL vendors are soon going to realize that there are so many restrictions that deploying this technology is going to cost a lot more than they had anticipated. Further, there have been reports of electrical utilities flat-out refusing to touch BPL due to the RFI issues.
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1. The BPL industry wanted Part 15 limits relaxed, the FCC said NO.
That's perspective, and can easily be rephrased as
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1. Several government agencies and radio hobbyists wanted Part 15 limits raised, the FCC said NO.
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Alexandria, VA | The BPL industry was specifically asking for Part 15 regs to be relaxed in order to deploy this tech, and the FCC refused. I'd say that's a "No".
The fact several government agencies and radio hobbyists opposed relaxing Part 15 regs in reaction to the BPL lobby proposal is pretty inconsequential.
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| Well the not only opposed relaxing them, they wanted them to be more stringent. How consequential you consider that probably depends on which side of the coin you sit..... |
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join:2000-05-11 | There is no coin at all, actually. Part 15 is pretty well fleshed out and the reasoning behind the limits is well proven by decades of unlicensed device operation and the compromises made between interference and usefulness of these devices.
Maybe you have forgotten the battle that raged between computer manufacturers and the FCC over incidental radiation from CPUs and peripherals back in the 1980s. A single non-complying computer could wipe out over the air TV reception to an entire apartment building, among other things. Many pundits complained that the FCC was unreasonably restraining "innovation" by requiring manufacturers to limit radiation so as to not "interrupt Aunt Mildred's soap operas". Somehow the personal computer industry figured out how to do it right and survived those nasty FCC rules.
If BPL is more than just penny-stock hype, it will too. If not, good riddance. |
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