[PPRAANet] BPL- Broadband Over Power Lines

Thu Oct 28 18:20:25 EDT 2004

> > SEE
> > URL: http://intlair.20m.com
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> > BPL-Broadband Over Power Lines
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> > BPL is short for Broadband Over Power Lines. It is also known as Power
> > Line
> > Communications, or PLC in some places.
> > 
> > Essentially, BPL is high speed internet access/service delivered by
> way
> > of
> > existing electrical power lines. It is envisioned to provide consumers
> > with
> > a third option for broadband internet access, in addition to cable
> > internet
> > service and a phone company's high speed DSL (digital subscriber line)
> > service.
> > 
> > BPL technology is based on using the 2-80 MHz (megahertz) range of the
> > radio
> > frequency spectrum to transmit data over large powerline arrays. In
> > doing
> > so, BPL will emit enormous amounts of radio frequency interference
> > across
> > lots of frequencies already in use, such as international shortwave
> and
> > ham
> > radio broadcasts. BPL will put out noise all across the international
> > shortwave broadcasting bands (3-30 MHz), effectively obliterating
> > shortwave
> > radio reception to listeners within the USA.
> > 
> > Also affected will be airline pilots, ship to shore communications,
> > emergency services, lower end TV channels, citizens band (CB) radio,
> > military, police, fire, air traffic control, mobile and AM radio
> > frequencies. Anything operating in the 2-80 MHz range will be
> affected.
> > 
> > Shortwave radio listeners within the USA will have the toughest time,
> > since
> > BPL will disrupt foreign broadcasts from all over the globe. BPL will
> > ruin
> > large parts of the shortwave radio spectrum within America if pushed
> > ahead
> > quickly and largely implemented across the country by 2007, as
> > envisioned.
> > 
> > Truely, BPL is a clear and present danger to international shortwave
> > broadcasters and listeners all across the world. It is obviously being
> > used
> > as an erected 'firewall' by domestic and international media interests
> > to
> > restrict and censor foreign news and information from reaching
> American
> > listeners.
> > 
> > The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been the prime public
> > mover
> > and supporter of BPL in the USA, with its chairman, Michael Powell,
> > recently calling BPL "tremendously exciting" and a "broadband nirvana"
> > for
> > the telecommunications industry. The FCC has also recently voted to
> > allow
> > international media conglomerates the ability to increase their
> holdings
> > in
> > television stations and newspapers, another signal that fewer and
> fewer
> > companies will end up controlling more and more of what people hear,
> see
> > and read.
> > 
> > Internationally, BPL has been tested and halted because of massive
> radio
> > frequency interference in Japan, the United Kingdom, Switzerland,
> > Finland,
> > Austria, the Netherlands and other countries. The Austrian Red Cross
> > reported that during an exercise in May 2003, communications were
> > "massively disturbed" by BPL, with intereference levels exceeding the
> > limit
> > by a factor of 10,000. Dietland Hansen, the external chairman of the
> > advisory group on BPL to RegTP, Germany's FCC equivalent, noted, "it
> > suffers the enormous risk of uncontrolled interference to everyone".
> > During
> > test trials of BPL in Britain and Japan, Mr Hansen stated that
> > interference
> > was so strong that they pulled the plug on BPL.
> > 
> > BPL or Broadband Over Power Lines, though a brilliant idea, is too
> > disruptive to broadcasts, transmissions and communications that
> already
> > occupy and operate within the radio frequency range now in contention.
> > As
> > BPL is seen as a takeover of the entire High Frequency (HF) radio
> > spectrum
> > by a handful of electric utilities subservient to the Bush
> > Administration's
> > love of all things that pollute, so too must efforts be put forth to
> > preserve and protect certain portions of the electromagnetic radio
> > frequency spectrum from the reckless exploitation, damage and
> pollution
> > of
> > this most unique natural resource.
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> > Steve Jones
> > P.O. Box 927
> > Pacific Grove, California
> > 93950
> > USA
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> > SOURCES:
> > 
> > 1. North American Shortwave Association
> > 45 Wildflower Rd
> > Levittown, Pennsylvania 19057 USA
> > Website: http://anarc.org/naswa
> > 
> > 2. American Radio Relay League (AARL)
> > 225 Main St
> > Newington, Conneticut 06111 USA
> > Website: http://www.arrl.org
> > 
> > 3. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
> > 445 12th St- NW
> > Washington, DC 20554 USA
> > Website: http://www.fcc.gov
> > 
> > 4. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
> > 1401 Constitution Ave- NW
> > Washington, DC 20230 USA
> > Website: http://www.ntia.doc.gov
> > 
> > 5. Grundig Shortwave Radio Corporation
> > GRUNDIG GERMANY:
> > Grundig Intermedia Gmbh
> > Beuthener StraBe 41, D-90471
> > Nurnberg, Germany, European Union
> > Website: http://www.grundig.com
> > * * * * * * * *
> > ETON AMERICA:
> > 1015 Corporation Way
> > Palo Alto, California 94303 USA
> > Website: http://www.grundigradio.com
> > 
> > 6. World Wide Christian Radio (WWCR)
> > 1300 WWCR Ave
> > Nashville, Tennessee 37218 USA
> > Website: http://www.wwcr.com
> > 
> > 7. WBCQ Shortwave Broadcast
> > 97 High St
> > Kennebunk, Maine 04043 USA
> > Website: http://www.wbcq.com
> > 
> > 8. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
> > Wood Lane, London, W12 7RL
> > United Kingdom, European Union
> > Website : http://www.bbcnews.com
> > 
> > 9. Pikes Peak Radio Amateur Association (PPRAA)
> > P.O. Box 16521
> > Colorado Springs, Colorado 80935 USA
> > Website: http://www.qsl.net/ppraa
> > 
> > 10. Art Bell/Coast to Coast AM
> > Website: http://www.coasttocoastam.com
> > 
> > 11. Reclaim the Media
> > 927 22nd Ave
> > Seattle, Washington 98122 USA
> > Website: http://www.reclaimthemedia.org
> > 
> > 12. **Book- The New Media Monopoly
> > by Ben Bagdikian
> > Website Search: http://www.amazon.com
> > 
> > 13. Genesis Communications Network
> > 11461 Rupp Dr
> > Burnsville, Minnesota 55337 USA
> > Website: http://www.gcnlive.com
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