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."

Comments

When was the emergency brodcast last used ?

[rhino_badlands]

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 !

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 so basicaly they should have no say, its an outdated system that is never used anymore.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.