ARLA/CLUSTER: Administração do Reino Unido propõe que quem usa PLC´s possa enfrentar um processo se ele interfere com sinais de rádio

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Ofcom crackdown on polluting power line devices ?

The Telegraph reports Ofcom proposes that people with 'power line'
networking [PLT] equipment could face prosecution if it interferes
with radio signals

The newspaper says GCHQ has become increasingly concerned in recent
years about "power line" networking equipment. This allows people to
use the mains wiring in their homes to transmit data, as an
alternative to a Wi-Fi network, and has been distributed to BT and
TalkTalk customers to connect their television set-top boxes to
broadband.

Ofcom, the communications watchdog, published a consultation on Monday
on new regulations that would allow its officials to issue enforcement
notices to shut down such networks when the electromagnetic radiation
they can emit interferes with radio signals. Those who fail to comply
will face criminal prosecution.

Read the full article at
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/
mediatechnologyandtelecoms/telecoms/11325914/
You-could-be-prosecuted-over-your-broadband-thanks-to-GCHQ.html

Ofcom say "The Proposed Regulations will regulate the intensity of the
electromagnetic energy at which electrical and electronic apparatus
operates such that it does not cause undue interference to wireless
telegraphy apparatus."

"Undue Interference" is referenced on page 68 of the Wireless
Telegraphy Act 2006 PDF at
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/36/pdfs/
ukpga_20060036_en.pdf

(4) Interference with any wireless telegraphy is not to be regarded as
undue for the purposes of this Act unless it is also harmful.
(5) For the purposes of this Act interference is harmful if—
(a) it creates dangers, or risks of danger, in relation to the functioning of
any service provided by means of wireless telegraphy for the purposes
of navigation or otherwise for safety purposes; or
(b) it degrades, obstructs or repeatedly interrupts anything which is
being broadcast or otherwise transmitted—
(i) by means of wireless telegraphy; and
(ii) in accordance with a wireless telegraphy licence, regulations
under section 8(3) or a grant of recognised spectrum access or
otherwise lawfully.

2011 - PLT a threat to national security?
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/may2011/
plt_threat_to_national_security.htm

You can respond online to Ofcom's radio interference consultation, see
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2015/january/
consultation_on_controlling_interference_from_apparatus.htm