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If you’re waiting for broadband by potential lines (BPL) as an alternative to cable or DSL in your area, it may be duration to finally give in to one of the big companies. The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) — a group of amateur radio enthusiasts — has sued the FCC by its plan to speed up BPL’s expansion, citing concerns that the service’s radio emissions supply too many interference risks to the hobby / ham spectrum.

While the FCC conducted a favorable study on BPL’s potential problems, their published report had so many redacted sections that the ARRL wants to know what they missed. A D.C. district court agrees with the League, and plans for further rollout have been tabled until the FCC can come up with more facts.

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Original post by Joshua Fruhlinger