Dear MGaddison:

The PIPE here...and from what I saw in the VIDEO available at the ARRL site for "streaming" video, at http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/200...and-HF-web.mpg (advisory here...it is a 20 megabyte file!!!) that "bipple" (my "acronymic" pronounciation for 'BPL') idea of broadband over POWER LINES is REAL scary stuff!

The whole section that ARRL has on "bipple" Internet connectivity being a DREADFUL mistake is at http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/plc/ ...for those who do want to read it all...it's a BIG page...!

Portions of the video I've given the link for showed how BADLY Ham communications were affected...and that interference existed all the way from just under 1.0 MHz to nearly 100 MHz, which WOULD have the chance of wiping out the RC hobby for ALL TOO MANY people...and NOT just in the USA, but ALSO in Japan and MANY parts of Europe (where BPL HAS been tried-and found to be a DISMAL failure due to radio frequency interference!).

And I was not the SLIGHTEST bit surprised to see in that linked 20 megabyte video, that our current US president is "apparently supporting" this mistaken idea of Internet connectivity...which could be a reason to vote for a "certain US Senator from the Bay State" to take his place...

Thankfully broadband cable Internet and ADSL seems to be the BIG answers up here in New England "so far" for "high-speed" Internet connectivity...JUST so long as THOSE two forms of connectivity do NOT involve, at ANY point along the line, the "bipple boondoggle" that would WIPE OUT a number of much-enjoyed hobbies in our nation!!!

From what I read at the ARRL site, I DID see a solution to the inadvisable adoption of the "bipple boondoggle"...that idea of "fiber-to-the-home", which involves bringing fiber optic communicatons lines into EVERYONE'S house, and THAT is something that would be a GREAT idea to have happen in the New England area before very much longer, from what I would guess is being said about it in my area...

I've been a Tech class Ham licensee here in the USA since 1978, and got my General class "paper upgrade" on April 15th of this year, from previous Ham testing element requirements that had me passing the 5 word-pre-minute Morse Code test just over 25 years ago...and I DO NOT WANT to lose what HAS been an enjoyable pastime AND sport, to this MISTAKEN "bipple BOONDOGGLE" idea of Internet connectivity..!

Yours Sincerely,

The PIPE!