Sure would be nice if I could get the City here to backhaul their tropos units with something other than 5.2/5.8. Im sure something is available for City use. I did see a new Alvarion flat panel show up last week at a fire station, no telling what freq though. They were using canopy. Superior Wireless New Orleans,La. www.superior1.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>; <isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 10:52 AM Subject: [WISPA] Re: Six public-safety groups support reallocating 700 MHz spectrum, but have yet to endorse Cyren plan
> Hi, > > I'm not sure about other parts of the country, but here in Idaho they > have been using 700mhz for city/county emergency services. Many towers > have expensive ($100k) point to point links to feed the system, and then > a full rack of equipment inside. The idea is that every emergency > service would be able to communicate with each other using only 1 radio. > They will also have voice and data services from that same radio, and > it's fully roaming. > > I only know of two towers with it running, but there are plans to > install several more systems this summer. > > Travis > Microserv > > Dawn DiPietro wrote: > > > > > By Jeffrey Silva > > May 12, 2006 > > WASHINGTON—Law enforcement and first-responder groups asked key Senate > > lawmakers to consider a private-sector plan to designate a block of > > spectrum in the 700 MHz band for a national wireless broadband > > public-safety network, one that would be shared with commercial > > wireless carriers and include an interoperability capability > > policy-makers have repeatedly call for—without success—since the Sept. > > 11, 2001, terrorists attacks. > > > > “We are dedicated to ensuring that public safety has access to the > > most advanced technology to support those services that meet its > > stringent requirements to provide safety and security to all > > Americans. Congress and the [Federal Communications Commission] cannot > > afford to pass an opportunity to explore the availability of an > > additional 30 megahertz of spectrum that would meet public safety’s > > needs as well as elevate the safety of all Americans,” stated the > > organizations in a letter to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted > > Stevens (R-Alaska) and the panel’s ranking Democrat, Sen. Daniel > > Inouye (Hawaii). > > > > The letter was signed by officials of the Association of Public-Safety > > Communications Officials-International, International Association of > > Chiefs of Police, International Association of Fire Chiefs, Major > > Cities Chiefs Association, Major County Sheriffs’ Association and > > National Sheriffs’ Association. > > > > The groups said they are studying the proposal submitted by Cyren Call > > Communications Inc. to the FCC late last month, and have not decided > > whether to endorse it. “However,” they stated, “we do believe that the > > concept of reallocating the 30 megahertz of spectrum in the 700 MHz > > band in a manner that would promote interoperable, public-safety > > broadband communications is worthy of public discussion.” > > > > A public debate that could prompt lawmakers to reconsider plans to > > auction by February 2008 valuable spectrum in the 747-762 MHz and > > 777-792 MHz bands is precisely what the cell-phone industry wants to > > avoid. > > > > Mobile-phone carriers are keenly aware of how Cyren Chairman Morgan > > O’Brien won over policy-makers in the late 1980s when he presented the > > then-radical idea of cobbling together narrow radio dispatch > > frequencies to create Nextel Communications Inc. (now part of Sprint > > Nextel Corp.). Nextel became a competitor to the cellular duopoly at > > that time. National mobile-phone carrier executives have not forgotten > > either about Nextel’s successful campaign to remedy interference > > Nextel caused to 800 MHz radio systems in a way that secured Nextel 10 > > megahertz of spectrum in the 1.9 GHz band. > > > > Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), chairman of the House telecom and Internet > > subcommittee, is the only lawmaker to publicly voice outright > > opposition to Cyren’s proposal. Upton did so shortly after Cyren > > submitted its proposal to the FCC on April 27. The Michigan lawmaker > > argued the plan would disrupt the balance in legislation that forced > > broadcasters to surrender 700 MHz as part of their transition to > > digital technology, set aside 24 megahertz for public safety and > > earmarked $1 billion for public-safety interoperability deployment. > > The 24 megahertz already reserved for public safety is adjacent to the > > separate, clear chunk of 30 megahertz at the heart of Cyren’s > > initiative. The 30 megahertz is potentially worth billions of dollars > > in auction receipts for the U.S. Treasury. In addition to mobile-phone > > carriers, wireless Internet and computer firms have expressed interest > > in the 700 MHz spectrum to drive WiMAX and other wireless broadband > > technologies. > > > > “While the FCC is currently exploring whether its rules should be > > modified to permit broadband use in a portion of the 24 megahertz now > > allotted for wideband use, that will only address a small part of > > public safety’s future requirements. As we have argued since the > > Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee report of 1996, an > > additional spectrum allocation is needed,” the six public-safety > > associations told Stevens and Inouye. > > > > Link below ; > > http://rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=26358 > > --- > > --- > > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
