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FEMA Opposes Broadband Over Powerlines
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."
We all know the real reason that FEMA is opposing powerline broadband is because it will make it harder for UNATCO to sieze control of the global information network once Helios becomes operational.
Ok i live in upstate NY and two of the most recent events that would be needed for the emergency brodcast system (9/11, and the Black out this past summer) didn't use it !
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Not once was it used durring either event ! so basicaly they should have no say, its an outdated system that is never used anymore.
Furthermore if there is such an emergency they could trip the broadband so it turns off so it won't disrupt their signal
In anycase horid decision making done by idiotitic buerocrats, to even make a statement like they are.
If this was a valid argument the FCC would be involved.
- MOSKIE
2. This is HAMs in FEMA trying to protect their little toys. Back to reality, boys. Ask FEMA how many times do they use FNARS, for what, and at what data rate? (Usually voice.) Rarely. Data is all at T-1 or better these days. Ask for actual emergency usage data. If you can get it.
Now. Ask them how much it cost them to make their little 10,000W per XMTR base station network in the name of surviving a nuclear attack from the Ruskeys? (That's the sound of silence you hear...)
FNARS is the biggest and most expensive boon-doggle that COOP security fanatics idea ever conceived, which included the Ollie and all his ilk . Same bunch that thought the 5-star Greenbriar hotel, 4 hours from DC, was the ideal "hole in the ground" for Congress in case of WWIII. Never mind that it was so far away that Congress would've had no chance to get there!
Somebody ask FEMA for all relevant data about FNARS and enjoy the watching the doors slam shut. Hams, indeed.
Sincerely, *cragen
Broadband over the power grid must be a great idea if FEMA is so concerned. But why would any government agency want to allow something as anarchistic as the Internet to use something that would benefit their own desires? I'm sure that FEMA or NSA or FBI would love to take advantage of wires that are connected to every house and building. It looks like FEMA is taking the first step.