This is not the first time the FCC "politicians" have ignored their own
technical staff. A while back there was the same sort of flap around BPL
(Broadband Internet over Power Lines) - after several years of "trials"
and lots of taxpayer money wasted, it's basically been declared a
"non-starter".
I had (still own, dead in a drawer) one of the 1st gen EcoDrives, and
couldn't keep it charged during the winters here in sunny Seattle - so, I
replaced it with a radio-disciplined Casio, which lasted about 8 years.
When we went to DisneyWorld 2 years ago in August, it developed some
condensation
