Last September ('03), there were a couple of "Dilbert" strips about
"High-Speed-Data-By-Sewer" - pretty funny.
Tom - wa2bpe
Dave Bernstein wrote:
> Great. Then let's get the sewer companies involved in providing
> broadband access; they've got fat pipes into lots of houses.
>
> Seriously, if national defense and homeland security are truly
> priorities, then the power industry should be focused on
>
> 1. making the grid reliable
>
> 2. making the grid secure
>
> Either of these are major undertakings; both are all-consuming. In light
> of this, how can one justify defocusing the power industry from these
> critical objectives in order to chase after broadband?
>
> Who besides the power industry can accomplish these objectives?
>
> 73,
>
> Dave, AA6YQ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rfi-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rfi-bounces@contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Eric Rosenberg
> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 22:53
> To: rfi@contesting.com
> Subject: [RFI] More Thoughts on BPL
>
> As you all do, I too, find all of the discussion regarding BPL most
> fascinating and wide ranging.
>
> What I read here on the RFI list seems to miss the point that, as I
> read what the White House has put out on the subject, BPL is only one
> tool in a much larger toolbox that administration is using to achieve
> its stated goal of universal access to broadband technologies by
> 2007.
>
> To state it more simply:
> The administration's vision is to create jobs and foster economic
> growth. Broadband technology is to be the engine, as it can reach all
> sectors of the American society. It's not about any one technology,
> it's about the economy. It's political, not technical.
>
> Read the material I've listed below: health care (telemedicine) and
> education (distance education) are prominantly mentioned, with the
> underlying notion that national defense and homeland security must be
> assured first.
>
> I can't explain why BPL has achieved such prominence other than that it
> appers to go along with the open market philosophy currently in vogue
> that says that the suppliers of broadband technology shouldn't be
> limited to the traditional telecommunications carriers.
>
> The policy document from the White House: "A New Generation of
> American Innovation" is worth a read:
> http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/technology/economic_policy200404/toc.h
> tml
>
> as are the following Presidential speeches:
> April 26, 2004
> - http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/20040426-6.html
> March 26, 2004 -
> http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/03/20040326-9.html
> June 13, 2002
> http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/06/20020613-11.html
>
> While I cannot answer the question as to whether Sen. Kerry has taken a
> position on BPL, I can't imagine he'd oppose (or even talk about) the
> administration's high-level position as I've stated it above. It's as
> American as Mom and Apple Pie, and crosses all political lines.
>
> Eric W3DQ
> Washington, DC
>
>
>
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