[Kenwood] BPL - Email the White House

Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:46:23 -0400

IF ONE WOMAN CAN STOP PRAYER IN SCHOOLS, WE MUST BELIEVE WE CAN STOP BPL!

73 DE N8CSP, BUCK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Besemer (KG8L)" <[email protected]>
To: "'Daniel Seagraves'" <[email protected]>
Cc: "'Kenwood List Server'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 7:17 AM
Subject: RE: [Kenwood] BPL - Email the White House

>
> Well, it cost me 10 minutes of time and the only effort expended was in my
> fingertips.  I can afford to 'waste' that, as you put it.  Too many people
> are too darn lazy to do anything but complain every time something like
this
> comes along... Probably the same people who don't vote, then complain
about
> the President.  If we do nothing, then we've lost... And we deserve it.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Daniel Seagraves
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 11:40 PM
> Cc: Kenwood List Server
> Subject: Re: [Kenwood] BPL - Email the White House
>
>
> The BPL fight is over, and we lost. You're wasting your time and effort.
> The only thing we can do now is work on technologies and methods to use
the
> HF spectrum even in the face of S9+30db hash.
>
> The FCC is aware that BPL causes interference. It's just that the benefits
> of allowing power companies to establish a monopoly on internet access via
a
> cheap and easily-monitored medium outweighs the loss of spectrum.
>
> (Think about it - DSL, Cable, etc. are very hard for government agencies
to
> monitor. BPL can be easily monitored at relay stations using means
> undetectable to the network users. It would be trivial to simply allow BPL
> providers to undercut everyone else on prices and establish a monopoly on
> internet access, thereby allowing the government cheap and easy tapping of
> Internet use so they can continue their search for "terrorists". Hey,
> doesn't saying this publicly make me a terrorist?)
>
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