[PPRAANet] BPL- Broadband Over Power Lines
cnd.moloney at att.net
cnd.moloney at att.net
Fri Oct 29 13:55:22 EDT 2004
Steve,
Nobody shutters at the prospect of BPL more than me. However, are you trying to eradicate
BPL by gaining anti-BPL supporters or are you making a political statement just before the
election? I received 8 copies of your email.
73,
Doug WØMHP
-------------- Original message from waver <internationalair7779 at yahoo.com>: --------------
>
> > > SEE
> > > URL: http://intlair.20m.com
> > >
> > > Text below:
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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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