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THE AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE.  DEVOTING NEARLY A QUARTER OF HIS REMARKS TO THE
STANDING ROOM ONLY AUDIENCE TO BPL, CROSS DISCUSSED VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE
FCCS REPORT AND ORDER ESTABLISHING NEW PART 15 RULES TO IMPLEMENT BPL.
CROSS SAID THE COMMISSIONS EXPRESSED A LOT OF POTENTIALS AND COULDS IN
OUTLINING ITS RATIONALE FOR PROMOTING BPL AS ANOTHER COMPETING BROADBAND
PIPELINE.  WHETHER BPL CATCHES ON WILL BE A DECISION MADE BY ECONOMICS,
BOTH FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE AND CONSUMERS WHO HAVE TO
DECIDE IT IS BETTER FOR THEM THAN OTHER BROADBAND SERVICES, CROSS SAID.  HE
ALSO SAID THE FCC RECOGNIZES BPLS POTENTIAL TO INTERFERE WITH AMATEUR RADIO
AND OTHER RADIO SERVICES.  ALSO NOTE THAT BPL IS COMING ON THE SCENE, AT
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