[InHam] Cinergy threatens to start BPL in Ohio and Indiana soon.

[mike]

This is all well and good, but why is everyone from the ARRL on down getting
so hyper about the BPL issue when the FACTS have not been thoroughly tested
and proven.  In this email the phrase "targeted" was used like it was some
sort of invasion from mars, the the term "threatens" is equally as
ludicrous.   I for one am a Cinergy customer and am kind of excited about
the possibilites of such a service being available and so handily.  And to
get our state legislators involved so they can have another reason to
legislate our personal freedom versus really doing their job like doing
something about high property taxes is absurb.  Sure such technology may
have its bad points but lets have faith the FCC  will properly be the ones
to govern such activity.  If technology allows the use of power lines for
broadband internet, I'm sure technology can also see that spurious radiation
is kept at a minimum.  The FCC is our governing body, not the ARRL (of which
i AM a member), nor the clowns in indianapolis.
-73-
Mike, N9FKE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Carrick" <mcarrick@thepoint.net>
To: "InHam" <InHam@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 12:40 PM
Subject: [InHam] Cinergy threatens to start BPL in Ohio and Indiana soon.


>   Hello INHam Mailing list:
>
> I thought I would forward the URL beleow, which is a link to a qrz.com
> article I sent to the my local Ham community here in Harrison County,
> IN. The article is a copy of a press release from Cinergy, a  large
> elctrical service  provider in Indiana & Ohio regarding the pending roll
> out of BPL in the Cincinnati,OH Ohio area and their plans to move it in
> to Northern Ohio and Indiana.  For folks living in the Cinergy
> electrical service area. it would appear that we may be under the gun
> sooner than we thought regarding the BPL threat.
>
>  I would think it would be wise for those in the Cinergy service area to
> contact Cinergy and express concerns about the very real potential for
> severe interference to the amateur radio bands and  the entire short
> wave radio spectrum.  There are a number of Rural Electrical
> Cooperatives in Indiana also (we have one in the Corydon area) and they
> might be a target , according to the article. Our local Co-OP..that I
> receive my electrical service rom also has an internet service provider
> partner, so I would have to assume  they may well be targeted.  Pretty
> scary to think about.
>
> For the folks that work on legislation in the Indiana legislature, is
> there anything we can do in Indiana to try and slow the process of BPL.
> coming to our state, perhaps by mandating some sort of state regulation
> of BPL Internet services..re: requiring the electrical service providers
> to monitor and correct any interference..or is that entirely an FCC
> level matter?
>
> For those who may not be familiar with the threat to amateur radio posed
> by BPL, go the www.arrl.org and there is a link for detailed information
> on the BPL threat and what the ARRl has done to fight it.
>
> 73 de K9MTC (formerly KB0LIL)
>            Michael Carrick, New Salisbury, IN
>
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