Re: ARLA/CLUSTER: NOTÍCIAS DO PLC

[Hugo Barata]

Amen!!! PLC rest in peace.......

2008/5/23 Carlos Mourato <radiofarol  gmail.com>:

> Paz à sua alma!!!...Um por um vão cair todos!!!!..Nós sobreviveremos
>
> 2008/5/23 JOSE PROENÇA <gct2hiv  gmail.com>:
>
>>  Newspaper Reports "BPL plan is dead in Dallas"
>>
>> The *Dallas Morning News* has reported<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-current_02bus.ART.State.Edition1.460d413.html>that "an ambitious plan for using power lines to deliver fast Internet
>> service to 2 million Dallas-area homes collapsed Thursday." Current Group,
>> LLC has announced plans to sell its Dallas BPL network to Oncor, a regulated
>> electric distribution and transmission business, for $90 million. Oncor
>> reportedly has no plans to offer Internet service but will use the network
>> to detect distribution network issues. While Current originally touted the
>> network as a way to offer Internet service to consumers and had entered into
>> a marketing arrangement with DirecTV, the *Houston Chronicle *quotes<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/business/5747397.html>Oncor spokesman Chris Schein as confirming that Oncor will use the network
>> only for monitoring the power grid: "Our business is delivering electricity,
>> not being an Internet provider or a television provider."
>>
>> ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, observed that "This
>> announcement underscores yet again that the Bush Administration made a
>> fundamental error in judgment when it erroneously identified BPL as a
>> potential 'third wire' delivering broadband to consumers. As the Court of
>> Appeals for the DC Circuit determined<http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/04/25/10064/?nc=1>last week, the FCC then compounded the error by 'cherry-picking' from its
>> staff studies and ignoring other studies that proved the FCC was
>> underestimating the interference potential of BPL systems. One can only hope
>> that this latest marketplace failure of BPL will send a clear message that
>> the answer to expanding consumer broadband access lies with other, more
>> promising technologies that do not have such a potential to pollute the
>> radio spectrum."
>>
>> ARRL Laboratory Manager Ed Hare, W1RFI, was quick to point out that BPL
>> was not going away in Dallas. According to Oncor Vice President Jim Greer,
>> Oncor will use the BPL network to spot grid problems to detect large power
>> outages before they affect customers. Oncor will not offer Internet service
>> through the system as Current had originally planned when they built it.
>>
>> The ARRL has no issues with BPL as long as it does not cause harmful
>> interference to the amateur bands. Current's Dallas system is a good example
>> of that, Hare said, as it is "notched" so as not to interfere with the
>> Amateur Radio Service: "The Current system in Dallas is probably not causing
>> interference to ham radio. Their equipment doesn't use the ham bands. It is
>> also quiet except when in use. For meter reading and other utility
>> applications, nearby modems may make the occasional short burst of noise,
>> but not the cacophony of sound we hear with some other systems. You would
>> probably be able to tell that BPL is there if you tune outside the ham
>> bands. From an EMC perspective, what is needed now to complete this progress
>> are regulations and standards that match BPL's most successful models."
>>
>> DirecTV customers who get Internet service through Current's network will
>> probably lose service when the deal goes through. "Oncor is not in the
>> telecommunications business, and it has no plans to get into the
>> telecommunications business," said Schein.
>>
>> Dallas and Houston are the only metropolitan areas in Texas with BPL. In
>> the past, the City of Austin looked at incorporating a BPL system in their
>> community, but decided not to do so. In a report<http://p1k.arrl.org/%7Eehare/bpl/coaae_BPL_Final_Report.pdf>on how the BPL trial it undertook worked for them, the City of Austin
>> summarized its reasons for that decision.
>>
>> --
>> CT2HIV
>> José A. Proença
>> IM58KP
>>
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> Best 73 from:
> regards from:
> CT4RK
> Carlos Mourato
> Sines
>
> Save the Radio Spectrum! Eliminate Broadband over Power Line.
>
> Salve as frequencias de rádio. Não use a rede electrica para transmitir
> dados. O PLC causa fortes interferencias noutro serviços sem voce se
> aperceber. Diga não ao PLC.
>
> Proteja o ambiente
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73 de Hugo Barata CT2HMX

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