[Qcwa] recent briefing on BPL by an official of NTIA, Dept of Commerce

[Joseph Ames]

George Bush has made a campaign promise of promote
braodband Internet access to the masses.  This
technology will be the one to do it.

Going up against the Bush machine will make Sisyphus
look like a really smart guy...  nothing will stop
this if Andrew Card et co. is behind it.  At least,
not before the election.



Joe Ames W3JY
Bryn Mawr, Pa.

--- THOMAS WEBB <sam9lives at msn.com> wrote:
> This isn't good.  It looks pretty bleak, what with
> all the money from the BPL providers and the power
> companies behind it.  And, you must admit, it looks
> like a good idea for expanding internet service.
> 
> There are several things hams can do.  
> 
> (1) Support the ARRL effort via donations to their
> Spectrum Protection Fund.
> 
> (2)  Keep after your congressmen to nuke this thing.
> 
> (3)  Start keeping records of regular signal levels
> (skeds, etc.) as suggested in the Op-Ed article in
> June QST.
> 
> (4)  Raise bloody hell with FCC and the BPL provider
> if you experience interference.  Surely this thing
> has a signature like the Russian woodpecker in the
> seventies.  Buy an inexpensive tape recorder to back
> up your complaint.
> 
> Tom Webb  W4YOK
> Plano, Texas
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Dick Rucker 
>   To: members of QCWA Vic Clark Chapter 91 member 
>   Cc: QCWA Reflector 
>   Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 7:34 PM
>   Subject: [Qcwa] recent briefing on BPL by an
> official of NTIA,Dept of Commerce
> 
> 
>   **** Forwarded message from Paul Renaldo, W4RI,
> *****
>        to the members of AMRAD:
> 
>   Gang, 
> 
>   Acting Assistant Secretary Michael Gallagher
> (chief of NTIA) made a
>   presentation at the United Telecom Council Telecom
> 2004. This gives you an
>   idea of how the wind is blowing.
> 
>   Paul 
> 
>  
>
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/speeches/2004/utc_05172004.ppt
> 
>   ***** end of forwarded message ********
> 
>   To all,
> 
>   You will need Microsoft's PowerPoint to open and
> read the briefing above,
>   and I know a lot of you don't have that, so I've
> converted it to text and
>   have included most, but not all of it, below.
> 
>   You probably should be sitting down with a large
> bourbon as you read through
>   this.  Cheers!
> 
>   Dick, KM4ML
> 
>   ************ selected text from PowerPoint
> briefing ********************
> 
>   UTC Telecom 2004 
>   ³Achieving Economic Security and National
> Security"
>   Michael D. Gallagher
>   Acting Assistant Secretary
>   U.S. Department of Commerce
>   National Telecommunications and Information
> Administration
> 
>   www.ntia.doc.gov 
>   Nashville, Tennessee
>   May 17, 2004
> 
>   Overarching Goal: Promoting Economic Growth
>    [lots of BS]
> 
>   * Goal
>   ======
>      "This country needs a national goal for
> broadband technology . . .
>   universal, affordable access for broadband
> technology by 2007."
>     --   President George W. Bush, Albuquerque, NM,
> March 26, 2004
>      
> 
>   * Government's Role
>   ===================
>   "The role of government is not to create wealth;
> the role of our government
>   is to create an environment in which the
> entrepreneur can flourish,    in
>   which minds can expand, in which technologies can
> reach new frontiers."
>   -- President George W. Bush, Technology Agenda,
> November, 2002.
> 
> 
> 
>   Expanding Competition
>   =====================
>   Wireless Broadband and New Technologies
> 
>   * Advanced Wireless Services ("3G")
>   ----------------------------------
>   ? NTIA directed 90 new MHz of spectrum
> 
>   * Ultra-wideband (UWB)
>   ---------------------
>   ? NTIA tested and analyzed UWB effects
>    
>   ? Result - Devices operate in over 7 GHz of
> spectrum at power levels so low
>   that it effectively underlays some of the most
> congested frequencies
> 
>   * 5 GHz Spectrum
>   ----------------  
>   ? Additional 255 MHz of spectrum made available
> for shared unlicensed use
>    
>   ? Resolved a complex management issue that posed a
> potential barrier to the
>   deployment of devices using 802.11(a) WiFi
> technology
> 
>   * 70/80/90 GHz
>   --------------  
>   ? Web-based mechanism to coordinate of federal and
> non-federal operations
> 
>   ? Non-federal users can determine potential
> frequency conflict with federal
>   users in a matter of minutes
> 
>   Broadband Over Power Lines:
>   --------------------------
>    Promoting Broadband Innovation
> 
>   "Broadband over power lines [BPL] holds promise to
> be the 'Third Wire' into
>   American homes - a competitive, facilities-based,
> cost-effective new way to
>   deliver high-speed Internet services to American
> citizens."
>   - NTIA Acting Assistant Secretary Michael
> Gallagher
> 
>   * Principal concern is the risk that BPL systems
> might interfere with
>   federal government radio communications or other
> state and private radio
>   operators.
> 
>   * FCC began BPL rulemaking on February 12, 2004.
> 
>   * On April 27, 2004, NTIA published a report of
> Phase 1 research,
>   measurement and analysis findings.
> 
>   * Now NTIA is filing comments on the FCC's
> proposed rules ...includes key
>   analysis findings from Phase 2 study
>   ---------------------------------
>   * NTIA's complete Phase 2 study report is targeted
> for release later this
>   year.
>       NTIA'S R&D is Showing How Radio and BPL can
> Co-exist
>       NTIA'S On-going Studies Support Immediate BPL
> Rulemaking
> 
>   * Key Phase 2 technical analyses have been
> completed and the findings are
>   appended to NTIA's comments on proposed rules:
> 
>   ? Ionospheric propagation and aggregation of
> Access BPL emissions is not a
>   potential near-term problem.
> 
>   ? Recommend adding a "height correction factor" of
> 5 dB to measurements made
>   at 1 meter height ...estimates the peak field
> strength exceeded at 20% of
>   heights along power lines:
> 
>   * Avoids varying measurement height (major time
> savings);
> 
>   * Statistical easement does not significantly
> affect interference risk and
>   allows use of higher BPL power where and when
> needed.
> 
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