April 2004 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[ARRL-ODV:10512] Re: President Bush encourages BPL
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

Dick, if you want to tell the White House what you think now, and beat the rush tomorrow, go to https://sawho14.eop.gov/PERSdata/intro.htm. I have already done so as a private individual, but could not in good conscience say that he had lost my vote. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: dick(a)pobox.com [mailto:dick@pobox.com] Sent: Tue 4/27/2004 2:02 AM To: arrl-odv Cc: Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10511] Re: President Bush encourages BPL 26 APR, 2004 - 1950 CDT As for George W Bush's latest speech... the BPL stink is getting ever stronger. I'm a Republican, but I'm really getting fed up with the White House on the BPL issue and several others. I'm in the middle of The Price Of Loyalty (ISBN 0-7432-5545-3) written by Ron Suskind who among other jobs was the Wall Street Journal's senior national affairs reporter for 1993 to 2000. This is the much talked-about book that tells about former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill's experiences serving in George W. Bush's cabinet. I think all of you would find this book to be an easy and very illuminating read. 73 - Dick, W9GIG

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[ARRL-ODV:10511] Re: President Bush encourages BPL
by dick＠pobox.com 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

26 APR, 2004 - 1950 CDT As for George W Bush's latest speech... the BPL stink is getting ever stronger. I'm a Republican, but I'm really getting fed up with the White House on the BPL issue and several others. I'm in the middle of The Price Of Loyalty (ISBN 0-7432-5545-3) written by Ron Suskind who among other jobs was the Wall Street Journal's senior national affairs reporter for 1993 to 2000. This is the much talked-about book that tells about former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill's experiences serving in George W. Bush's cabinet. I think all of you would find this book to be an easy and very illuminating read. 73 - Dick, W9GIG

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[ARRL-ODV:10510] Re: Time Magazine's BPL Power Play Article
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

I rather enjoyed reading about all of the startup problems in Manassas, especially that they're going to dump Prospect Street Broadband. Dave -----Original Message----- From: dick(a)pobox.com [mailto:dick@pobox.com] Sent: Tue 4/27/2004 1:48 AM To: arrl-odv Cc: Imlay, Chris (ARRL Counsel); Hare,Ed, W1RFI Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10509] Time Magazine's BPL Power Play Article 26 APR, 2004 - 1945 CDT In the Bonus Section "Inside Business" in the May 3, 2004 issue of Time Magazine, you will find a two page article named Power Play written by Maryanne Murray Buechner - who lives in Manassas, Virginia. It's nothing more than another version of FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy's "broadband nirvana" except there is absolutely no mention of any of the technical and economic down-sides to BPL. At the risk of increasing the magazine's sales this week, I urge all of you to buy a copy and read this article as it will be used as the basis for supporting BPL by the ignorant general public and hordes of local government officials. 73 - Dick, W9GIG

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[ARRL-ODV:10509] Time Magazine's BPL Power Play Article
by dick＠pobox.com 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

26 APR, 2004 - 1945 CDT In the Bonus Section "Inside Business" in the May 3, 2004 issue of Time Magazine, you will find a two page article named Power Play written by Maryanne Murray Buechner - who lives in Manassas, Virginia. It's nothing more than another version of FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy's "broadband nirvana" except there is absolutely no mention of any of the technical and economic down-sides to BPL. At the risk of increasing the magazine's sales this week, I urge all of you to buy a copy and read this article as it will be used as the basis for supporting BPL by the ignorant general public and hordes of local government officials. 73 - Dick, W9GIG

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[ARRL-ODV:10508] Re: President Bush encourages BPL
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

Rick, that motion spoke only of the Senate and Congress. The target of this effort will be the White House. However, we can now update the package and make it clear to everyone on the Hill that the White House has stepped in it. By the way, the two-page leave-behind has been distributed to every Senate office and every House telecomms subcommittee member. We're working on a "Dear Colleague" letter for Greg Walden to send out with it. 73, Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Roderick, Rick (aol.com) Sent: Tue 4/27/2004 1:33 AM To: arrl-odv Cc: Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10507] Re: President Bush encourages BPL In a message dated 4/26/04 6:03:25 PM Central Daylight Time, dsumner(a)arrl.org writes: << Tomorrow we will encourage members to share their concerns with the White House. >> Dave: Does this mean you will release the grassroots campaign package to SM's and clubs per the motion that we passed in January? Tnx. 73, Rick - K5UR

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[ARRL-ODV:10507] Re: President Bush encourages BPL
by K5ur＠aol.com 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

In a message dated 4/26/04 6:03:25 PM Central Daylight Time, dsumner(a)arrl.org writes: << Tomorrow we will encourage members to share their concerns with the White House. >> Dave: Does this mean you will release the grassroots campaign package to SM's and clubs per the motion that we passed in January? Tnx. 73, Rick - K5UR

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[ARRL-ODV:10506] Re: President Bush encourages BPL
by Andy Oppel 26 Apr '04

26 Apr '04

"One, increase access to federal land for fiberoptic cables and transmission towers. That makes sense. As you're trying to get broadband spread throughout the company, make sure it's easy to build across federal lands. One sure way to hold things up is that the federal lands say, you can't build on us. So how is some guy in remote Wyoming going to get any broadband technology?" I look forward to see all the transmission towers and poles the next time I visit Yellowstone Park in Wyoming. -- Andy Oppel, N6AJO At 02:46 PM 4/26/2004, you wrote: >Owing to a failure at two SBC nodes in Connecticut, we (along with about >one-third of Connecticut) were without Internet and Web connectivity for >most of the day. In the meantime, President Bush delivered his speech >which included the following: >Now, the use of broadband has tripled since 2000 from 7 million subscriber >lines to 24 million. That's good. But that's way short of the goal for >2007. And so -- by the way, we rank 10th amongst the industrialized world >in broadband technology and its availability. That's not good enough for >America. Tenth is 10 spots too low as far as I'm concerned. >(Applause.) Broadband technology must be affordable. In order to make >sure it gets spread to all corners of the country, it must be affordable. >We must not tax broadband access. If you want broadband access throughout >the society, Congress must ban taxes on access. (Applause.) Secondly, a >proper role for the government is to clear regulatory hurdles so those who >are going to make investments do so. Broadband is going to spread because >it's going to make sense for private sector companies to spread it so long >as the regulatory burden is reduced -- in other words, so long as policy >at the government level encourages people to invest, not discourages >investment. And so here are some smart things to do: One, increase access >to federal land for fiberoptic cables and transmission towers. That makes >sense. As you're trying to get broadband spread throughout the company, >make sure it's easy to build across federal lands. One sure way to hold >things up is that the federal lands say, you can't build on us. So how is >some guy in remote Wyoming going to get any broadband technology? >Regulatory policy has got to be wise and smart as we encourage the spread >of this important technology. There needs to be technical standards to >make possible new broadband technologies, such as the use of high-speed >communication directly over power lines. Power lines were for electricity; >power lines can be used for broadband technology. So the technical >standards need to be changed to encourage that. And we need to open up >more federally controlled wireless spectrum to auction in free public use, >to make wireless broadband more accessible, reliable, and affordable. >Listen, one of the technologies that's coming is wireless. And if you're >living out in -- I should -- I was going to say Crawford, Texas, but it's >not -- maybe not nearly as remote. (Laughter.) How about Terlingua, Texas? >There's not a lot of wires out there. But wireless technology is going to >change all that so long as government policy makes sense. And we're going >to continue to support the Federal Communications Commission. Michael >Powell -- Chairman Michael Powell, under his leadership, his decision to >eliminate burdensome regulations on new broadband networks availability to >homes. In other words, clearing out the underbrush of regulation, and >we'll get the spread of broadband technology, and America will be better >for it. (Applause.) > >President Haynie responded with the attached letter to President Bush. We >also put the attached news release on the PR News Wire. > >Tomorrow we will encourage members to share their concerns with the White >House. > >Dave K1ZZ > ><<bush1.doc>> <<040426 press release.doc>> >

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[ARRL-ODV:10505] Re: Test Message
by K5ur＠aol.com 26 Apr '04

26 Apr '04

In a message dated 4/26/2004 5:52:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dick(a)pobox.com writes: > Test to see if CT SBC Internet service restored. > - W9GIG _____________ Got it here, Dick. 73, K5UR

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[ARRL-ODV:10504] Test Message
by dick＠pobox.com 26 Apr '04

26 Apr '04

26 APR, 2004 - 1650 CDT Test to see if CT SBC Internet service restored. - W9GIG

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[ARRL-ODV:10503] President Bush encourages BPL
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 26 Apr '04

26 Apr '04

Owing to a failure at two SBC nodes in Connecticut, we (along with about one-third of Connecticut) were without Internet and Web connectivity for most of the day. In the meantime, President Bush delivered his speech which included the following: Now, the use of broadband has tripled since 2000 from 7 million subscriber lines to 24 million. That's good. But that's way short of the goal for 2007. And so -- by the way, we rank 10th amongst the industrialized world in broadband technology and its availability. That's not good enough for America. Tenth is 10 spots too low as far as I'm concerned. (Applause.) Broadband technology must be affordable. In order to make sure it gets spread to all corners of the country, it must be affordable. We must not tax broadband access. If you want broadband access throughout the society, Congress must ban taxes on access. (Applause.) Secondly, a proper role for the government is to clear regulatory hurdles so those who are going to make investments do so. Broadband is going to spread because it's going to make sense for private sector companies to spread it so long as the regulatory burden is reduced -- in other words, so long as policy at the government level encourages people to invest, not discourages investment. And so here are some smart things to do: One, increase access to federal land for fiberoptic cables and transmission towers. That makes sense. As you're trying to get broadband spread throughout the company, make sure it's easy to build across federal lands. One sure way to hold things up is that the federal lands say, you can't build on us. So how is some guy in remote Wyoming going to get any broadband technology? Regulatory policy has got to be wise and smart as we encourage the spread of this important technology. There needs to be technical standards to make possible new broadband technologies, such as the use of high-speed communication directly over power lines. Power lines were for electricity; power lines can be used for broadband technology. So the technical standards need to be changed to encourage that. And we need to open up more federally controlled wireless spectrum to auction in free public use, to make wireless broadband more accessible, reliable, and affordable. Listen, one of the technologies that's coming is wireless. And if you're living out in -- I should -- I was going to say Crawford, Texas, but it's not -- maybe not nearly as remote. (Laughter.) How about Terlingua, Texas? There's not a lot of wires out there. But wireless technology is going to change all that so long as government policy makes sense. And we're going to continue to support the Federal Communications Commission. Michael Powell -- Chairman Michael Powell, under his leadership, his decision to eliminate burdensome regulations on new broadband networks availability to homes. In other words, clearing out the underbrush of regulation, and we'll get the spread of broadband technology, and America will be better for it. (Applause.) President Haynie responded with the attached letter to President Bush. We also put the attached news release on the PR News Wire. Tomorrow we will encourage members to share their concerns with the White House. Dave K1ZZ <<bush1.doc>> <<040426 press release.doc>>

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