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said by ctceo  :Baseless rants? It seems that BPL is finally rolling out is key areas, and gaining momentum. Not as much as it could be due to companies with smaller pockets having to fight against big lobby, but it's gaining none the less. If it were so disastrous to emergency communications, it's strange that I haven't heard a bad word from any law enforcement agencies that I've e-mailed about such interference in there areas. Again, you pull this "I haven't heard anything from {insert public safety agency}", but you always fail to note whether the BPL system in question is actually operating in the spectrum the public agency uses. BPL doesn't use high band VHF and UHF frequencies that a lot of public safety uses. Emergency communications isn't just local public safety, it's also long distance HF communications.
The "big lobby" is on the BPL side, my friend. BPL has the UPLC/UTC, APPA, and the PLCA. Even the FCC could be added to this list. There's other consorsiums like HomePlug. All of these organizations (minus the FCC) are funded by their members who are power utilities with millions of customers and revenue in the billions. The so-called ARRL "big lobby" is funded by maybe 80,000 radio amateurs that go to work everyday and pay the rent each month just like you.
If this amateur radio "big lobby" is so powerful, where has it prevented BPL from rolling out? Also, why is it that a BPL system like Cinergy's in Cincinnati which hasn't had interference issues isn't impeded by the ham lobby who according to Comtek wants to deny businesses and families of BPL broadband?
The fact is any BPL company can roll out BPL anywhere they want today. All they need to do is get buy-in from a utility or municipality, release a press release, and do it. If interference becomes an issue and they can't fix it, release another press release portraying hams as the bad guys and say everything is fixed. Even with documented evidence of measurements showing maps, signal levels, and recorded interference emissions, bozos on BBR will still say there's no evidence and side with BPL companies. The general public can easily be misled into thinking BPL is a viable rural solution, or that it's better than cable or DSL because most people don't have a technical clue. Rest assured, BPL companies are not at a disadvantage in all of this. |
