FCC PWNED OVER BPL

[NE4AM]

The FCC just got its BPL knuckles rapped by the US  Court of Appeals, DC district. 
http://pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/common/opinions/200804/06-1343-1112979.pdf
http://www.arrl.org/?artid=8164
Good job, ARRL.

73 - Dave
 

[W1AEX]

[General Counsel Imlay observed, "The decision of the Court of Appeals, though long in coming, was well worth the wait. It is obvious that the FCC was overzealous in its advocacy of BPL, and that resulted in a rather blatant cover-up of the technical facts surrounding its interference potential."]

Haha, looks like a "headshot" to me. I hope BPL dies a quick death. Of all the potential noisemakers out there, this one looms as the worst of the worst...

Rob W1AEX

[WD8BIL]

From the looks of it they only got spanked for bad procedure. The League's technical arguments didn't seem to go over too well. Or did I misread something.

[ka3zlr]

Interesting.:

"The trend has not been good as a jurisprudential matter, and it continues
to have significant practical consequences for the operation of
the Federal Government and those affected by federal
regulation and deregulation."

Naw...Ya Think....