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-----Original Message-----
From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ
[mailto:dsumner@arrl.org]
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004
11:17 AM
To: arrl-odv
Subject: [ARRL-ODV:11647] FW:
[PR-COM:2735] Press Release from ARRL re BPL attack
-----Original Message-----
From: Pitts, Allen W1AGP
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004
10:48 AM
To: pr-com
Cc: pr-com
Subject: [PR-COM:2735] Press
Release from ARRL re BPL attack
Press Release
Allen Pitts, W1AGP
Media and Public Relations Manager
(860) 594-0328
apitts@arrl.org
ARRL Stands By Its Word as BPL Spins
Newington, CT Dec. 17, 2004 -
In a press
release yesterday, Ambient CEO John J. Joyce accused the ARRL of taking
statements out of context and ignoring recent developments that contradict the
ARRL’s conclusions. By going after the messenger and not the
message, Mr. Joyce’s remarks try to deflect negative information about
BPL’s future that is not simply the statements or conclusions of the ARRL
but the summation of EarthLink written by Attorney Mark J. O’Connor,
EarthLink’s counsel, in a public letter sent to the FCC as recently as
November 17, 2004.
To quote the entire second paragraph of the
O’Connor letter:
“EarthLink discussed that it has
invested in and is in trials with several potential ‘third wire’
broadband transmission paths to the home, including WiFi, WiMax, MMDS, and
broadband over power lines. However, EarthLink pointed out that cable and
DSL still account for virtually all consumer broadband connections and that
none of these alternative technologies offer a commercially viable alternative
today or in the near future.”
The full FCC filing then goes on to present charts and
data to support EarthLink’s conclusion.
According to Dave Sumner, CEO of the ARRL, the
national association for amateur radio, “We accurately reported Earthlink's submission to the FCC and stand by our
report. Anyone who wishes to do so can read the submission for themselves.”
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6516883843
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