FCC Releases Broadband Report:
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November 9, 2007
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FCC Releases Broadband Report:
The FCC has released their latest
report summarizing the state of broadband in the US as of December 2006.
It shows that by December 2006, Internet-access BPL increased slightly
over December 2005, but also shows that it has been decreasing slightly
from a peak that occurred sometime around mid-2006. According to the
report, Broadband over Powerline ended up with a deployment total of
0.006 percent of the total broadband lines in the US, compared to 0.011
percent at the end of December 2005. You can review the report on The
FCC Web site
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-277784A1.pdf.
Source:
The ARRL Letter
Vol. 26, No. 45
November 9, 2007
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by W4LGH on November 10, 2007
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Great News! Maybe it will just DIE on the vine! No pun intended! NOT!!!!
73 de W4LGH - ALan
http://www.w4lgh.com
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RE: FCC Releases Broadband Report:
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by W1RFI on November 11, 2007
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In retrospect, I should have told Khrystyne that the decrease in the percentage of lines that are BPL is a sign that BPL is pretty much stagnant. The number of broadband lines in the US increased significantly, lowering the percentage enjoyed by BPL.
Note, too, that this is a report as of December 2006. (FCC takes a long time to complile the data from its manadatory reporting forms.) Since then, we have seen major deployments of Current Technologies BPL in Dallas, an expanding number of rural installations by IBEC, a BPL manufacturer, and some increase in interest in utility applications, such as the one being expanded in Houston. This has been offset by major companies such as Duke announcing that it was going to look past BPL for its utility-applications intestes, although it has not shut down the BPL system in North Carolina.
The next report will be interesting.
I see little reason to celebrate the numbers, though, at least not organizationally. As hams, we don't have a dog in the fight for the dominance in the broadband arena, no more than we had a vested interest in the VHS/Beta war when video tape recording was making its entrance. Ratepayers in each area have an interest, but as hams, we need to stay focused on interference.
The progress in that area is being made through the back door. At this point, manufacturers have improved their filtering (ARRL has worked with HomePlug and DS2, two major players in the BPL chipset arena) and BPL operators have changed the tune that they don't need to notch the ham bands universally to simply not using Amateur spectrum in their deployments.
Now, it's my opinion that the industry would benefit from good rules and industry standards that reflect these successful models, and that is the direction of my future work. ARRL's seat at the table on many industry committees, and our strong presence in the BPL arena, has given us an opportunity to influence the industry and help it move in positive ways.
Ed Hare, W1RFI
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by W1RFI on November 14, 2007
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Try again. The FCC links seem to go down from time to time, but usually work a few hour later. It just worked fine for me.
Ed
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