Re: [Swprograms] OT: FCC Issues BPL Rules
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Re: [Swprograms] OT: FCC Issues BPL Rules



I'm just wondering.....if its ok for the power companies to be over 100mw output with BPL and basically walk all over the FCC rules....is it now okay for me to build a 5 watt transmitter and put it on shortwave? Hey if the power companies can go over 100mw's....why can't anyone else? I assume Powell, Quinalan and the rest of those clowns never have anticipated the possibility of someone saying, "Hey if the ABC power firm can broadcast with over 100mw of power- I should be able to as well".
Just food for thought.


Bill
KA2EMZ

----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Buch" <joseph.buch@xxxxxxx>
To: "Shortwave programming discussion" <swprograms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Swprograms] OT: FCC Issues BPL Rules



At 08:04 PM 10/14/04 -0400, maryanne kehoe wrote:

Joe, one thing that concerns me is that the two presidential candidates
in this country have *not* even approached the discussion of FCC
funding. I would think that if the budget was cut in certain areas, then
the BPL issue would be close to dead in the water, no?


I do not follow your reasoning. BPL will not need much regulatory oversight unless it causes harmful interference. The FCC will be the judge of what is harmful and can set the bar as high or low as it wants. The FCC is following what they believe is a congressional mandate to encourage the deployment of broadband technology. The FCC sees BPL as a competitor to DSL and cable TV broadband. The greater the competition, the less the need for regulations on pricing and the less the FCC has to be involved in day-to-day oversight. The less the oversight, the lower the FCC budget can be while still accomplishing the FCC's direction to implement the congressional will. I do not see FCC funding as even being a fuzzy blip on the political RADAR screen when there are so many more important issues at hand, like the USA's survival as a viable leader in the international community for example.


I have only seen miniscule comments from a Bush website about funding in
regards to Radio Free Asia, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting and assorted
entities.


Somebody once said actions speak louder than words. I do not believe the level of funding of propaganda broadcasts matters to the voters in the upcoming election or to the success of the USA's foreign policy for that matter. As long as the USA continues to demonstrate by its actions its contempt for the opinions of those who do not agree with US government policy, then no amount of propaganda is going to change anyone's mind about this country.



~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-., Joe Buch -*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^


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