Dave,
There are two big areas here in which it DOES matter about the science. If
the know-nothings don't keep these in kind, we're all liable to be IN the
outhouse!
First, keep in mind that CRITICAL comm services, including military and
aeronautical, also share the HF spectrum and use it a lot. (See relevant
filings.) You can blow off hams and SWLs for now, but you can't discount
those two for one minute.
Second, you HAVE TO HAVE HF for times of national security and wide area
emergency use. Again, no practical alternative. The hot-shots think wi-fi
and cell phones will solve all. Dead wrong. Not enough capacity. (See
Economics 101.) Satellites are not yet jam proof and direct satcom access
terminals (2-way) are not in general public use (can anyone spell
"Iridium"?).
Back to item 1, if you blow off the hams by screwing up HF so they can't
use it, the bulk of support bodies for reason #2 will not be around when
needed. So, I submit that we need to keep pounding these guys over and
over - and of course, get your elected persons involved. In the end, it
will probably take either some massive effort by the military or a major
disaster in which comms are non-existant to fix the pending fiasco.
I do not dispute what you say, Dave. It's as good an explanation as any
other I have seen as to why the Commissioners are wearing their dunce caps.
I also agree that the business case for BPL is a weak one, in many ways.
The question is: how long before investors (with no tech knowledge)
realize they've been had and the whole BPL industry implodes? If that point
in time is more than 6 to 12 months away (and I'll guess that it is), a lot
of damage could be done in the meantime. However, if those of us who are
stakeholders in public safety and emergency preparedness don't keep up the
science fight, we'll have precious little to stand on when the outhouse
starts to fill up. I don't want to be in that position!
73, Dale
WA9ENA
david jordan
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Opportunity? Give up? NO!
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05/05/2004 09:22
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Folks,
It won't matter if you are correct in your science. This
is the agency that imposed fees on all of us that use phone service to
help pay for rural phone services, etc. It's mandate in the 21st
century is to get data/Internet to the masses.
The FCC is just reflecting what the BPL lobby has stated in their
marketing efforts and this is how the FCC works with technology that is
disruptive. I think all the chest beating about potential RFI is wasted
effort. Our energy is focused on the wrong aspect of the discussion.
The FCC may well be comfortable blowing off amateur radio. What it
can't afford to do is support a technology that will be dead on
arrival. Argue the big picture. Stop fighting over the outhouse or
you'll loose the farm!
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