Jerry, with such an obvious "spin" statement, I have to wonder which one of the FCC's pet BPL investors you represent or work for?

From day one of this fiasco, BPL was touted as the great "last mile" technology for rural America. It was to make easy, fast and reliable Internet connectivity available to Ma and Pa Kettle. Now, that the FCC has been proven to be complicit in foisting this ineffective and flawed technology (that has been similarly abandoned by almost every other country that's tried it) on a gullible America, you have the gall to suggest "They didn't really mean that"???

Fess up - who's signing your checks? Or are you just blind to the facts due to sight-line obstruction?

The one good thing? Rule of Law still prevails in the US - even if it takes smashing it over the heads of those that are tasked to enforce it.

Nothing personal stim - but just asking this question shows an abysmal lack of understanding.(Maybe I missed the attendant sarcasm?)

AV software is a panacea, a vaporous comfort blanket that serves to only make the sellers money. Read the earlier comments to gain some insight into why this is so.

Then, find a local PC geek - someone who works this arena for a living, not your cousin's gamer kid - ask them to explain to you how many systems they've seen with current, up to date and active AV software from reputable vendors that have been borked beyond use by ignorant user actions.

Folks that think they're 'clean' just because their AV software dejur says they're clean are a mal-code authors wet dream.

No Kidding!!

And a "tech news" site gets all wet over this? Talk about being out of step with current technologies. Real shame when a 'tech news' site looses touch with the foundations of technology. This really does make /. look - well, rather quaint.

My son was making contacts via satellite and chatting with the ISS crew years.ago. He was 8 then. Maybe I should've submitted that to /. Who thinks it would've made front page then?

This is "Entry Level" stuff for most any ham that can breathe and talk at the same time.

That requires a license - training - practice - effort - learning - preparation - actually doing something rather than just paying some one else take care of your needs (cell co) and then whining when their stuff breaks.

Least with my HF rigs - only infrastructure I depend on for communications are the laws of physics and the presence of time/space.

Interesting in this consumer society where paying a bill insinuates the right to whine. Kudos to those that do rather than gripe.