[Swprograms] Mr. Bush is pro-BPL

["Sergei S." <radonezh@xxxxxxxxx>]

National Association for Amateur Radio Responds to
President's Comments on Broadband Internet Technology

NEWINGTON, Conn., April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- ARRL, the
national association for Amateur Radio, today
expressed its deep concerns in response to a speech
delivered by President Bush in Minneapolis. In the
speech, Mr. Bush said that "technical standards need
to be changed" to encourage the delivery of broadband
over power lines (BPL).

"The ARRL supports bringing broadband services to more
consumers at lower cost," says ARRL President Jim
Haynie of Dallas, Texas. "However, before BPL should
be encouraged as a means of doing so there is a
significant problem that must be solved. Quite simply,
unlike other broadband technologies, BPL pollutes the
radio spectrum. So far, the proponents of the
technology have failed to treat this problem as
seriously as it deserves."

Right now, BPL is being tested in trial communities
throughout the United States. At every installation
that ARRL engineers have visited, broadband signals
have been found to cause severe interference to short
wave radio reception. The interference affects not
only amateur radio operators, but also other users of
short wave radio. Depending on the frequencies being
used, it could also disrupt communications by police,
fire, and emergency medical "first responders."

Haynie has sent a letter to President Bush explaining
the ARRL's concerns and requesting that the
administration withdraw its support for BPL.
Information on the interference issue may be found on
the ARRL Web site, www.arrl.org/bpl.

Today there are nearly 700,000 Amateur Radio operators
in the United States and more than 2.5 million
worldwide. Information on how to become involved in
Amateur Radio is available from ARRL -- the national
association for Amateur Radio, 225 Main Street,
Newington, CT 06111 or by calling 1-800- 32-NEW HAM.
Visit ARRL on the Web at www.arrl.org. The ARRL has
more than 154,000 members.

Source: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040426/nym243_1.html


	
		
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