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Broadband over Power Line World™

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4-17-06: Katherine Gomm at United Telecom Council (UTC) talks about the new UTC report on wireless technologies and deployment (Broadband over Power Line World #47)

4-5-06: Brian Donnelly, Director of Business Development at Corinex Communications Corporation, talks about the Corinex-Amperion deal (Broadband over Power Line World #46)

8-12-05: San Diego Gas & Electric spokesperson Ed Van Herik talks about SDG&E's BPL trial (Broadband over Power Line World #45)

8-11-05: Brett Kilbourne, Director of Regulatory Affairs at the United Power Line Council (UPLC), updates the broadband over power line story (Broadband over Power Line World #44)

6-18-05: Don Janke, President, Internet Ventures, Inc., argues for "must lease" broadband access through cable systems, June 4, 1999 (Broadband over Power Line World #43)

6-17-05: Only 10 days to go until the launch of the Paris Hilton Hardee's® Spicy BBQ Thickburger™ Topped with Texas Toothpicks™ television ad (Broadband over Power Line World #42/ Etopia Media Entertainment News Network #12)

6-17-05: Josh Silver, Executive Director at Free Press, talks about H.R. 2726, the "Preserving Innovation in Telecom Act of 2005," while the bill's author presents his own point of view (Broadband over Power Line World #41)

6-17-05: Ben Scott, Policy Director at Free Press, talks about H.R. 2726, the "Preserving Innovation in Telecom Act of 2005," while the bill's author presents his own point of view (Broadband over Power Line World #40)

6-16-05: U.S. Representative Pete Sessions (R-TX) proposes H.R. 2726, the "Preserving Innovation in Telecom Act of 2005," while critics attack it (Broadband over Power Line World #39)

6-10-05: Nebraska Unicameral Speaker Kermit Brashear discusses Legislative Bill 645, which prohibits Nebraska's municipalities and public power companies from offering broadband Internet services to Nebraska businesses and residents (Broadband over Power Line World #38)

6-7-05: Utah Department of Public Safety spokesperson discusses Utah's "Driving Privilege Card" and associated issues (Broadband over Power Line World #37/ American Politics Today #29)

6-7-05: Sprint spokesperson discusses PCS Vision's "walled garden" and "open garden" approach to protecting underage cell phone users from pornography (Broadband over Power Line World #36/ Etopia Media Entertainment News Network #11)

6-3-05: Nebraska bars municipalities and utilities from offering broadband Internet access to state's residents and businesses (Broadband over Power Line World #35)

5-27-05: ARRL CEO Dave Sumner welcomes Motorola's Powerline LV BPL system (Broadband over Power Line World #34)

5-24-05: Saying that "the existing limits are much too high, and were never intended to apply to a system like BPL," Congressman Mike Ross of Arkansas answers questions about House Resolution 230 (Broadband over Power Line World #33)

5-17-05: BPL bill passes Texas Senate, BPL operations at merged Duke-Cinergy, BPL Symposium in Long Beach, House Resolution 230 calls for moratorium on BPL deployment pending further review of BPL RFI by FCC and more public comment (Broadband over Power Line World #31)

5-5-05: Provo, Utah, Mayor Lewis K. Billings, speaking on behalf of the United Telecom Council (UTC) and the American Public Power Association (APPA) tells U.S. House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet that he supports municipal broadband (Broadband over Power Line World #30)

4-19-05: Brett Kilbourne, Director of Regulatory Affairs at the United Power Line Council (UPLC), comments on latest BPL-RFI filings with the FCC (Broadband over Power Line World #29)

3-23-05: Consolidated Edison/Ambient press release touts "up to $200,000" in NYSERDA funding for BPL trial, while NYSERDA spokesperson says no money has yet been provided for this project (Broadband over Power Line World #28)

3-23-05: Chris Olert, Consolidated Edison spokesperson, says that conEdison is in compliance with the FCC's radio frequency interference "parameters"

3-22-05: ARRL CEO Dave Sumner tells Columbia University forum about ARRL's concerns about RFI from BPL

3-21-05: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) says it is not yet providing any money for the Con Ed-Ambient BPL trial in Briarcliff Manor, New York

3-17-05: ARRL CEO Dave Sumner discusses Texas and New York RFI complaints, says he's hopeful that Kevin Martin will do a better job resolving RFI issues than his predecessor, Michael Powell

3-10-05: David Powell, Managing Director, International, at Telkonet, talks about PLC in Turkey and the European Union

3-7-05: Al Diehl, Executive Vice President, Telkonet, talks about Power Line Communications, or PLC

3-1-05: UPLC Associate Counsel Brett Kilbourne, updating the BPL/RFI issue, says that amateur radio operator opposition to BPL due to RFI could "discourage folks from getting into this space"

3-1-05: ARRL CEO Dave Sumner, updating the BPL/RFI issue, says that "we're probably looking to the Court of Appeals before all the dust settles."

1-13-05: United Telecom Council Vice President and General Counsel Jill Lyon speaks out in support of municipalities' right to offer broadband services to their residents

1-6-05: Telecommunications attorney Jim Baller says that the United States must address the growing "broadband gap" if it intends to remain internationally competitive

1-4-05: Ed Hare, ARRL Laboratory Manager, says that group "has the doors wide open" to cooperation with BPL industry to resolve interference issues

1-3-05: Citing successful co-existence of in-home BPL (HomePlug®) and amateur radio, FCC official says that "amateurs can operate and BPL can operate in a compatible mode" and comments specifically on BPL-generated RF interference issues in Briarcliff Manor, New York, and Cottonwood, Arizona

12-28-04: EarthLink puts its comments on BPL in the context of its efforts to maintain access rights; spokesperson says EarthLink "is as bullish on BPL as anyone"

12-24-04: Who's minding the broadband over power line (BPL) store in Cottonwood, Arizona?

12-21-04: Clifford Hauser, KD6XH, ARRL Section Manager, Arizona, and Robert Shipton, K8EQC, VP, Verde Valley Amateur Radio Association, discuss BPL interference issues in Cottonwood, Arizona

12-19-04: Two stories about new locations for broadband over power line, at least one of which is having trouble with amateur radio interference

12-18-04: Con Ed-Ambient's Briarcliff BPL trial runs into interference from amateur radio operators, whose association, the ARRL, asks the FCC (again) to shut it down

12-16-04: Con Ed's sale of its CEC subsidiary will not affect the Con Ed-Ambient BPL trial; Con Ed spokesperson says six-month (free) residential BPL trial will begin "within the next month or so" with "approximately 400" customers

12-15-04: Con Edison, leading BPL test site, sells its broadband operations to FiberNet, while EarthLink attorney tells the FCC that "wireless and BPL technologies are not likely to be competitive in cost and performance with cable and DSL over the last mile to the home"

12-13-04: ARRL CEO David Sumner defends amateur radio operators against RF interference from broadband over power line

12-13-04: John Joyce, Ambient Corporation President and CEO, talks about broadband over power line

12-10-04: Marvin Bloomquist, speaking for ham radio operators in Burnet, Texas, finds some fault with the deployment and the deployers of broadband over power line in his community

12-9-04: Rep. Phil King, chairman of the Texas Legislature's Regulated Industries Committee, discusses a broad range of broadband issues, including BPL in Texas

12-7-04: Unlike PG&E and SCE, San Diego Gas & Electric will admit that it is "looking into" broadband over power line (BPL)

12-6-04: Michael Bates, V.P., Sales and Marketing at Broadband Horizons, broadband over power line pioneer, discusses its BPL roll-out in Texas

11-30-04: Brett Kilbourne, United Power Line Council official, discusses broadband over power line

11-19-04: Introduction to Broadband over Power Line World™