[lug] OT power line communication

[Nate Duehr]

BPL is one of the lowest slimiest things the Commission has done in 
years.  Hundreds of licensed RF services will be impacted by the 
deployment of the technology.  Military, Broadcast, Ham Radio, etc.

As one of my Ham Radio friends put it... "The FCC has switched from 
being a technical body to being cheerleaders for new technology.  I 
guess they've learned that being technical just doesn't pay."

I agree.  The Commissioners are on the take.  Powell's keeping family 
friends happy, and one Commissioner called BPL "Broadband Nirvana" in a 
press conference while opposing technical viewpoints poured into the 
FCC during the comment period for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

The final NPRM includes insanely stupid commentary like "will raise the 
quality of rural electric service" in it, which shows a 100% political 
bent and zero time spent looking at the technical aspects.

I figure if it continues, even though the NTIA (the regulatory body 
that regulates the military and the Federal Government's frequency use) 
didn't attack the FCC during the latest hearing, when the military HF 
bands get trashed, the NTIA will come unglued on the Commission.  Then 
the real fireworks will begin.

Of course, by then Powell and cronies will be long-gone and paid off 
and hanging out in the Hamptons or where ever rich powerful people hang 
out these days.

I  can see it now...

"Mayday, mayday, mayday... <unintelligible>"
"Sorry I can't hear you through the broadband over powerline 
interference.  Say again, Over."
"<unintelligible>... taking on water... coordinates... <unintelligible>"
"Anyone else hear him better?  Relay anyone?"
(Neighbor knocks on door)
"Come on in!"
"Hey you've knocked out my Internet again and Timmy can't play Unreal 
Tournament!"
"I'm trying to copy a mayday call on the Maritime Mobile Net!"
"Well get off that thing, my kid is pissed!"
"There's some guy in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on a sailboat 
CALLING MAYDAY YOU IDIOT!  Get out of my house!"

Nate Duehr, nate at natetech.com
AMATEUR RADIO STATION: WY0X


On Feb 23, 2004, at 11:56 AM, Paul E Condon wrote:

> The Denver Post business section has an article on power line use as a
> connection for internet traffic into the home.  There is, as can be
> exptected, no technical information as to how it is hoped that it
> might work. Is it TDMA, FDMA, or CDMA, etc? What data rates have been
> achieved? And are hoped for? Where can I find info about this? I'm not
> having much luck with Google. Its all business hype, with no technical
> info., and not even any real business info.
>
> -- 
> Paul E Condon
> pecondon at peakpeak.com
>
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