Sweetness. Thank you, Dave, and see everyone in January -- I'm looking forward to working with you all. 73, Brian, N5ZGT Vice-Director-elect, Rocky Mountain Division On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ wrote:

The ARRL Web story http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/12/16/3/?nc=1 about Earthlink telling the FCC that BPL was not a "commerciallly viable alternative" to cable and DSL appears to have struck a nerve. Ambient is putting out a rebuttal. Of course, they are ignoring the fact that the conclusions we reported are Earthlink's, not ours.

http://cbs.marketwatch.com/tools/quotes/newsarticle.asp?guid={ABFA5879-0DB7-43C3-BA02-94071FAECC3D}&siteid=mktw&dist=nbs&symb

I have written to Marketwatch in reply:

-----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Sent: Fri 12/17/2004 2:56 AM To: newsroom@marketwatch.com Cc: Subject: Ambient's response to ARRL

Rather than simply reproduce Ambient's comments, why not refer your readers to the actual Earthlink document as submitted to the FCC? It is available to the public at http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_documen.... Note especially the second paragraph on page 1 and the chart on page 18.

ARRL's report on the document was accurate in every way and we stand by our report. The conclusions given are not ours, but Earthlink's.

David Sumner Chief Executive Officer, ARRL