FEMA Opposes Broadband Over Powerlines

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday December 15, 2003 @10:32AM from the sizzle-to-fizzle dept.

Curmudgeon Rick writes "According to eHam.net, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has put a submission to the FCC strongly opposing the use of powerlines for broadband distribution. The report can be found here [PDF link]. IMO, vendors should let powerline broadband die. They keep defibrillating it only because of the dollars they poured in; but it is and always was a dead duck." The submission concludes: "FEMA has concluded that introduction of unwanted interference from the implementation of BPL technology into the high frequency radio spectrum will result in significant detriment to the operation of FEMA [emergency] radio systems such as FNARS."

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hi by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-15 10:33 · Score: -1, Offtopic

first poop
What about fibre? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-15 10:38 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I realize it is expensive but there are miles and miles of unused fibre, why not make use of it?
Re:KILL THE JEWS! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-15 10:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

This is just pathetic. Grow up
irc channel by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-15 10:52 · Score: -1, Offtopic

irc.perfectping.com
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