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November, 2004
North Carolina Utility Decommissions BPL Field Trial
(Oct 4, 2004) --
Progress Energy Corporation (PEC) has shut down its BPL field trial in the Raleigh, North Carolina, area and
removed all system hardware. The utility's action last week came just as local amateur Tom Brown, N4TAB,
had filed a Response and Further Complaint about the system with the FCC.
AT&T, Pacific Gas and Electric Dissolve BPL Partnership
A BPL field trial in Menlo Park, California, where FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell had extolled the technology's
virtues earlier this year, has been aborted before getting very far off the ground. The demonstration of
BPL technology was co-sponsored by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and AT&T.
FCC Acknowledges Interference Potential of BPL as it Okays Rules to Deploy It
(Oct 14, 2004) -- As expected, the FCC has approved Part 15 (unlicensed services) rules to
specifically regulate the deployment of broadband over power line (BPL) technology.
The Commission adopted a Report and Order in ET Docket 04-37 when it met in open session today.