BPL is good for us!

[N0OV]

This is good news. Infact, this is great!!!

Now here's the next step -- let's (FCC) baseline the current noise levels of all the power lines and mandate interference caused by BPL must not exceed from noise levels caused by years of poor maintenance practices. As part of the conditional approval of BPL, the FCC can also require power companies to correct lines with high noise level that exceed standards.

Once this is done we should have a statis quo -- noise will not be any higher than it is and everyone will be happy.

** Poof **

Whoops, just woke up. Was having a night mare!

[KB1JCY]

Step One: Deploy BPL
Step Two: Make BPL cover up QRM from faulty power lines
Step Three: Profit !

[KA4DPO]

That sounds like a good argument to me. In order to provide reliable service the power grid will have to be cleaned up from the standpoint of electrical noise. The more I hear about this , the more it sounds too good to be true. No one want's to admit that the FCC took a huge leap out their regulatory lane by promoting BPL the way they did. Kinda makes you wonder if some pockets didn't get some extra lining in the process.

The best way to get even on the local level is to hide your ham equipment for a while and start collecting neon signs. Preferably, the old noisey ones that splatter up a storm. These will introduce a lot of unwanted noise back onto the power lines. Besides being a cool hobby, you can light you house with these things. The FCC will be so busy trying to outlaw neon signs they'll forget all about ham radio. As an added bonus, the neon sign people will pay for the lawyers to fight the issue.

[N0OV]

Now that's funny!

[KC2ESD]

Oh Horse Manure BPL is a rotten way to go online. There are much better ways to get broadband internet, such as fiber optic and cable. BPL will not only cause radio interference, but also recieve interference, making it a hard time for both BPL internet user and Ham. (need thumb down icon here)

[WA3KYY]

Of course you are right, BPL is not really a viable broadband delivery service especially for the underserved areas 'they" claim it will reach. But in the meantime, the power companies will have to clean up the line noise to make it work at the permitted power levels. When BPL fails due to better technologies, we may end up with quieter bands for a few years until the weathering of the equipment causes the old types of power line noise to return except there won't be any incentive to clean it up rapidly. It may not work out that way in my area though. PEPCO, which does have a small experimental set up and has 700,000 electric customers in the Washington, DC Metro area, has recently said they are not going to invest in BPL. They may be willing to lease their lines to a provider however. I don't think this arrangement will make BPL finacially competetive with DSL and cable, both of which are available almost universally within PEPCO's service area, and with WiFi and WiMAX which are being deployed as well.

73,
Mike

[WF7I]

Not trying to be sarcastic, but, is it really relevant to worry about BPL anymore? It sounds like it will be shoved down our throats no matter how many letters we write. I doubt it even matters who is in the White House either. Money talks.

[AC3P]

Kool-Aid, Anyone?

[N0OV]

WF7I

Guess since CW is off limits, BPL is the closest thing to amateur radio that can geta rise out of folks

Whoops, beside Amateur Class Warfare and the dumbing down of America.

[N6WK]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (KC0LNU @ June 10 2004,22:26)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">WF7I

Guess since CW is off limits, BPL is the closest thing to amateur radio that can geta rise out of folks

Whoops, beside Amateur Class Warfare and the dumbing down of America. [/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
What do you mean &quot;CW is OFF limits&quot;