----- Original Message ----- From: "n3drk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 3:39 PM Subject: FCC's Attitude toward BPL!
> Attention All Amateurs... > ARRL Rebukes FCC Commissioner's BPL-Related "Broadband Nirvana" Remarks > (Sep 25, 2003) -- The ARRL has strongly objected to FCC Commissioner > Kathleen Q. Abernathy's suggestion that Broadband over Power Line (BPL) > technology will contribute to what she described as "broadband Nirvana." > Addressing the United Powerline Council's annual conference September 22 in > Arlington, Virginia, Abernathy expressed unabashed enthusiasm for BPL and > recommended a combination of regulatory restraint and the elimination or > substantial modification of existing rules as steps along the "path to > Enlightenment." In a terse response faxed today on behalf of the League's > 155,000 members, ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, asserted > that Abernathy overlooked some significant issues in her Nirvana analogy. > > > YOU CAN EMAIL MISS ABERNATHY AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS AND I URGE EVERYONE TO > DO SO. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > john > > >