[TenTec] Check your FCC rules FYI

[Bill]

The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES is behind BPL.
  What about Kerry??????

Several Democrats, including Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), the presumptive presidential nominee, sent a letter Friday to
President George W. Bush criticizing his broadband policy.

"Simply stating a goal is not enough. Without aggressive and concrete action, we are concerned that the goal will not be
met," wrote the senators. "The administration has not only undermined existing programs, it has not offered any positive
alternatives. For example, we have supported tax credits for broadband deployment, as Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D.W.V.) has
been proposing for several years, but you have not included any comparable proposal in any of your budgets or tax-cut
packages. Nor have you exercised vocal leadership on regulatory, tax or other issues relating to broadband."

President Bush said recently that he wants universal broadband deployment by 2007. Kerry has said he wants to create
jobs by investing in broadband.

Neither politician gave specifics, but the Senate Democrats did by singling out the Rural Broadband Program.

"Unfortunately, the record of your administration thus far has not embraced even modest steps to promote broadband usage
and access. For example, Congress has provided over $2 billion in loan authority for rural broadband loans by the Rural
Utilities Service, RUS has only distributed about $132 million in funding. Over $1 billion in loan requests sit pending
at RUS, yet rather than looking for ways to streamline processing, RUS has created hurdles in the loan application
process," reads the letter.

Wireless providers wishing to serve rural America with broadband connections-defined as 200 kilobits per second in each
direction-were given a leg up when Congress included language in the farm bill to create a broadband loan program
administered by the Rural Utilities Service.

The rural broadband loan program, which will offer low-interest loans, is good news for broadband wireless providers but
there is a catch. The RUS fancies itself as a conservative bank so it does not want to jeopardize existing loans. To
protect current borrowers, RUS allows them a two-year right-of-first refusal. Some in the wireless community have
complained that this is discriminatory.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth Stringham" <ae1x@yahoo.com>
To: <tentec@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 4:31 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Check your FCC rules FYI


Stu,

You are entirely correct, but there is one problem.
The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES is behind BPL and
he has said that the regulations will be changed to
enable this technology. Apparently, he does not
believe in the traditional conservation of spectrum.
He would clear the HF spectrum of all licensed users
if could by a pure decree, but he can not. He and his
FCC must abide by the process, but they do not have to
heed the comments made.

Mr. Bush has said that spectrum must be found for new
innovative technologies. This means that the
traditional way of allocating spectrum is history and
will fall by the wayside. The Commission can not do
this unilaterally, but it will use any and all means
available to make this happen.

You will find that BPL will become the pseudo primary
user on HF once it has been fully implemented, should
it survive the initial throughs of implementation. I'm
not sure that there is anything that we can do about
this situation. The days of spectrum allocations
appear to be numbered in favor any application that
shows economic promise. I think this government plans
to abandon its treaty obligations in favor of leading
the way into the future.

Ken, AE1X

--- Stuart Rohre <rohre@arlut.utexas.edu> wrote:
> A part 15 device, (BPL) cannot cause interference to
> any LICENSED radio
> service.  It must shut down if it interferes.
>
> It must ACCEPT interference from any legally
> operating LICENSED radio
> service. It has no rights, check the back of most
> any consumer device like
> your computer, wireless phone (900 MHz) etc.
>
> Part 15 are not licensed, they are conditionally
> allowed without a license
> or right to spectrum over the air.  They do not have
> the standing of radio
> services of any class that must have a license to
> operate.
> -Stuart
> K5KVH
>
>
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