Following this argument, why aren't we drilling for oil in Anwar? Why
should a small minority of environmentalists be able to prevent the
rest of the country from getting what it wants...in this case oil?
Look at THAT potential. I'd love to tell the OPEC countries to take a hike.
The only difference is that amateur radio does not have the political
clout (or financial resources) that the Sierra Club, et. al. have.
You can bet that amateur radio is not considered a "critical service"
by Mr. Powell. You can also bet that when you get S9 noise levels where
you used to have S1, they won't consider that to be an "impermissible
level" or "harmful interference". It's far more critical to make sure
that John Doe has the bandwidth necessary to download porn 24/7. Now
THAT's a critical service.
On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 22:07:54 -0500, John DeGood wrote:
>
> Q. Amateur radio operators worry that electric companies will interfere
> with their signals if allowed to deploy high-speed Internet services
> over power lines. What do you say to them?
>
> A. We've never said we would let it go on and interfere with critical
> services. The question is whether it does, and to what extent, and what
> limits can be placed to make sure it doesn't. We've been fully committed
> to only allowing things within the range of what we're convinced won't
> create impermissible interference. ...
>
> Let's say this works, broadband over power lines. Then every person in
> every building has broadband because of the electrification of this
> country. There is a plug everywhere. ... We're not going to be easily
> dissuaded from doing something that has that much potential.
>
> ----
>
> An excerpt from an interview Friday with FCC Chair Powell, as reported at:
>
> http://www.newsobserver.com/front/story/3394894p-3018584c.html
>
> 73, John NU3E
>
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