[NLRS] My White House letter on BPL

[W0ZQ at aol.com]

Here is a copy of the letter that I received from The White House  regarding 
my input to them on BPL.   Perhaps others have seen this  canned response, but 
for those who haven't, please read on.   Any  typo, etc, is mine.

"Dear Mr Platt:

On behalf of President Bush,  thank you for your letter about deployment of 
Broadband over Power Line (BPL)  systems.   We appreciate your sharing your 
thoughts on this important  issue.

President Bush has set an aggressive goal for all Americans to  have 
universal and affordable access to broadband services by 2007.  One  way to achieve 
that goal is to encourage the development and deployment of new  broadband 
technologies and networks.  The Administration believes that BPL  has the potential 
of being the "third broadband wire" into U.S. homes, thus  accelerating the 
availability of affordable broadband services to all  Americans.  For that 
reason, the President has called for new technical  standards to make BPL possible.

The Administration also recognizes the  potential interference risks 
associated with BPL for amateur radio operators and  is dedicated to ensuring that BPL 
systems do not harm radio users.  To  reduce the potential risks, the 
Department of Commerce's National  Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA) is working closely with  the Federal Communications Commission to 
develop mechanisms to mitigate  potentially harmful BPL interference.  The NTIA 
recently submitted a Phase  1 analysis of BPL interference based on more than 10 
million measurements of  currently operating BPL systems.  The study, which 
can be found online at  www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/fccfilings/2004/bpl , proposed 
specific techniques to  mitigate interference from BPL to radio systems.  The 
NTIA intends to  examine these proposals in a Phase 2 study that will also 
consider potential  long-distance interference form mature, widespread BPL 
deployments.

While  the Administration supports expeditious deployment of BPL services, we 
will  continue to protect America's radio users.  Thank you again for taking 
the  time to write."



The letter is signed by Heidi Marquez, Special Assistant to the  President 
and Director of Presidential Correspondence.     

73, Jon
W0ZQ