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Submitted: March 15, 2006 - 10:47am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 1:15am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 1:15am
[SOURCE: Potomac news, AUTHOR: J Pitts]
After more than two years and several complaints to the Federal Communications Commission, local amateur radio operators feel that the FCC is finally listening to them. Manassas-area amateur radio operators have battled with alleged interference from broadband over powerline technology in the city since fall 2003, when Manassas first implemented the system. The FCC has requested that Manassas and its BPL system operator Communication Technologies Inc. (COMTek) investigate these allegations and take steps to eliminate "harmful interference." The FCC also requested that the city report plans it has, if any, for upgrading the BPL equipment. The city has 30 days from March 7 to report its findings back to the FCC.
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