Kristen,

As the information on this situation develops, could you keep me in the information loop.  As chair of the Legal Defense and Assistance Committee there may be some opportunity for the committee to be of assistance and I can forward the information on to the committee.

Thanks, Rod W6ROD

Amateur Radio W6ROD

ARRL Int’l Affairs Vice President

From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> on behalf of "Kristen A. McIntyre" <kristen@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 3:59 PM
To: <rjairam@gmail.com>
Cc: ODV <arrl-odv@arrl.org>
Subject: [arrl-odv:32903] Re: Fwd: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

Wow, that’s crazy.  I don’t know Eric, but he’s just a stone’s throw from here.  Nobody contacted me before this.  I have Comcast business service and have never had a problem myself.

This is certainly wrong technically.  I don’t know about legally.  Let me get the SCV SM and Ed Hare involved.

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 20, 2021, at 2:47 PM, rjairam@gmail.com wrote:

TL;DR - person claims Comcast (Xfinity) came and shut off their internet because they were supposedly causing interference to the cable system. 

If true this may be a bad precedent set. But it seems rather vindictive since cutting off internet service won’t solve the interference issues. 

My cable company when they were Service Electric had their upstream in the 15 meter band back when it was DOCSIS 2.0. They didn’t experience interference and neither did I. Altice USA has since bought them out. 

Is the lab on this already?

I don’t know if Kristen is on this as yet. I’m forwarding this since one of my members here in NNJ seemed concerned.

Thanks

Ria

N2RJ

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Art Olson <olson339@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 5:28 PM
Subject: Fwd: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS
To: Ria <ria@n2rj.com>

Ria

Hey how you doing. I really enjoy your YouTube episodes. Keep it up. 

On another note thought I would pass this on. Don’t know Eric but find this to be troublesome 

Art N2AJO 

Sent from my iPhone

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From: John Stengrevics <jstengrevics@comcast.net>
Date: October 20, 2021 at 2:44:56 PM EDT
To: eric norris <gliderboy1955@yahoo.com>
Cc: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS

Give the legal folks at ARRL a call.

John
WA1EAZ

On Oct 20, 2021, at 2:21 PM, eric norris via Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote:

Dear Gang:

Xfinity, our internet provider, showed up at 7:30am this morning, to explain to the XYL that we were being cut off for good because my amateur radio activities had caused wide area outages.  Oddly, these wide area outages did not include my own house.  They told her the antennas themselves--absent any power--were the problem

The last time I was threatened, I installed chokes and opto-isolaters on our shielded ethernet lines, and after being told they use 14Mhz as their carrier frequency, I have stayed off 20m, only using 100w unless I'm in a rare contest.  I asked to speak to a technical guy--they gave me a number which I called, but he never called back.

Any Ideas?  Does anyone have a contact at the ARRL, or know a communications lawyer?  Comcast/Xfinity will be back out here at 2pm Pacific time--I'd appreciate any help.  

My XYL depends on an internet connection to work.  Being off the air is unimaginable.

Frantic,

73, Eric WD6DBM



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