FCC Extends Reply Comment Deadline in BPL Proceeding:
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The ARRL Letter, Vol 23, No 22
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May 29, 2004
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FCC Extends Reply Comment Deadline in BPL Proceeding:
The FCC has extended to June 22 the deadline to file reply comments
(comments on filed comments) in its broadband over power line (BPL) Notice
of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), ET Docket 04-37. The FCC acted this week
on a request from the National Antenna Consortium and the Amherst Alliance
(NAC/Amherst) for a much longer filing deadline extension. The
organizations said the June 1 reply comment deadline would not allow
stakeholders adequate time to prepare comments that address the full
two-part National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
BPL study. The FCC said the NTIA has indicated it soon will submit
comments and a technical appendix that will include key findings of the
Phase 2 report, which is due for release later this year.
"We believe that three weeks should provide ample time for review and
analysis of this information, and accordingly grant the extension for that
period," said FCC Office of Engineering and Technology Chief Edmond J.
Thomas, who signed the May 26 Order Granting Extension of Time.
NAC/Amherst had sought to have the FCC postpone the filing comment
deadline until either September 1 or two months after the public release
of the NTIA's Phase 2 study--whichever came later.
Noting that its Part 15 rules already permit Access BPL systems and that
its February BPL NPRM places additional requirements on BPL systems over
and above current Part 15 requirements, the FCC asserted that any further
delay would diminish the Commission's ability to protect licensed users
now occupying the HF spectrum. A further extension, the FCC added, also
would "needlessly increase regulatory uncertainty" about BPL.
The FCC turned down a request that it reissue in substantially greater
detail the provisions of its proposed BPL rules concerning interference
prevention and mitigation and the enforcement of standards.
The FCC does not routinely grant such time extensions, and it denied
earlier petitions, including filings from the ARRL and NAC/Amherst, to
extend the initial May 3 comment filing deadline. The League and others
had said commenters needed more time to digest the NTIA's Part 1 BPL
study, released April 27.
Source:
The ARRL Letter
Vol. 23, No. 22
May 28, 2004
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by AB8RU on May 29, 2004
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People We all agree that BPL is a total waste and will interfere with all frequencies from DC to whatever the highest freq. it will be a pandoras box waiting to happen, also the Society of Broadcast Engineers are also aware of this as well.
Just hope the FCC will not sway to BPL and can the issue.
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by NL7GB on May 30, 2004
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This is a good thing. I just informally wrote the chairman and suggested that the vast unused UHF TV spectrum could provide a far more appropriate broadband internet solution to rural areas than the expensive and limited BPL scheme that would pollute our "magical" HF frequencies. Unfortunately, despite 30 years of struggling with interference issues in the telecommunications industry, I have no clue how to make a proper formal comment to the FCC, and I needed more time to find out how.
I am not even a ham, yet. I let my license expire a decade ago, but was planning to help my daughter get on the air for some QRP HF CW DX enjoyment like I used to have when I was a kid. BPL will make that harder, and less-enjoyable than it should be. I'm sure you active hams are at least as concerned about this as I am, and I hope that you make the FCC aware of your concerns.
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by N3NL on June 1, 2004
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To file a comment go to this page on the FCC website
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/ecfs/Upload/
and click on Broadband over Power Lines (FCC docket
04-37) and then enter your comments. You will be
using the FCC ECFS Express system.
Alternatively, you can click on the ECFS Express
link on the left side of the FCC home page at
www.fcc.gov
Have a good day a thank you for speaking up for ham
radio. 73, Nickolaus E. Leggett, N3NL
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by NL7GB on June 2, 2004
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Thanks N3NL! I posted a comment using the Electronic system. After posting, I looked for my comment but found nothing. I found your comment, which was (ahem!) a *lot* better than mine.
For anyone interested, here is N3NL's comment link at the FCC:
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6514083029
You are good N3NL!
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by N3NL on June 2, 2004
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It will take the FCC about 24 hours to post your
comment on their web site.
Keep up the good work.
73, Nickolaus E. Leggett, N3NL
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by NL7GB on June 2, 2004
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OK, the last day shown in the FCC document database is June 1, and I filed my comment today (June 2). FYI, on June 1, there were 20 comments, all against BPL. 2 comments were from shortwave enthusiasts, 1 comment was from a PHd in physics (who was concerned about the effect of HF spectral noise on superconducting power lines ???), and the rest were either from amateur radio operators, or from an unidentified source.
Twenty comments a day are not enough. Please get the word out to your friends. I am planning to "recruit" some of my co-workers. We probably need several hundred a day to make a dent. Time is short!
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by W1RFI on June 3, 2004
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> OK, the last day shown in the FCC document database is June 1, and I filed my comment today (June 2).
The FCC extended the Reply Comment period to June 22.
Ed Hare, W1RFI
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by NL7GB on June 3, 2004
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OK, I see how it works now. Comments are continually being added to the database on about a 24 hour delay. The society of Broadcast Engineers just posted a very interesting comment at:
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6516207401
I find it interesting that they refer to and rely upon the comments and engineering analysis of the ARRL. Kudos to the ARRL. I will get my own membership as soon as I get my ham ticket again. (Which should happen in 10 days.)
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by NL7GB on June 3, 2004
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N3NL is a one man army. Here are the comments that he has submitted to the FCC. Remarkable fellow.
My daughter and I thank you for your efforts N3NL!
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6516185243
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6516182105
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6516089592
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6515784009
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6515783302
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by NL7GB on June 3, 2004
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Just because some commentors like N3NL have very professional comments shouldn't dissuade anyone from making their own comments. A simple "BPL will be bad if it noises up the HF spectrum" type of posting would be fine. It only takes a few moments and it is gratifying to at least have done *something*.
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by K4LY on June 8, 2004
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Just spent 20 minutes composing and sending comments to FCC. I encourage EVERYONE to do the same.
Doug Allen W0AH Woodland Park CO
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by AE1X on June 10, 2004
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I filed my second set of reply comments today. The OET of the FCC and NTIA have filed their comments. This just about closes the case on this subject.
What I have observed in this proceeding is that this is definitely a political put up job. The Commission is not interested in the numerous technical comments that have been filed by qualified professionals including those of NTIA. They are only interest in hearing others cheering on this poorly engineered system because someone with money wants it to happen.
The Commission might as well have issued regulations for this service under its own motion for all the good all the comments will do.
In my second reply comments, I pointed out the Commission needs to implement regulations that specify what harmful interference is, how long BPL providers have to respond to complaints, and how they should respond. In addition, I proposed that stiff penalties should be imposed for ignoring complaints from licensed services. Will this help? I think not, but I can not help but participate no matter the outcome. I would not feel good about myself as a citizen if I had chosen not to participate.
I do not feel that single page comments indicating opposition are a good thing. This is not about numbers like in an election. The ARRL pointed out that good well presented comments pointing out the problems and proposing solutions are the only real comments that need to be filed.
I have already said that this is a political exercise rather than a regulatory exercise. The White House has decreed this to be policy and that regulations must be enacted to make it happen. It would not surprise me that further regulations are just handed down on motion of the Commission in this matter since all the comments are in on this subject and there really is not much to add.
Ken, AE1X
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