[BC] Frontline Wireless emergency network

[Mike McCarthy]

In what I have read so far, the commercial user/subscriber would have no 
say in the prioritization of users.  It's done at the system level by the 
system owner and such would be included as a condition of the license.  PS 
has priority over commercial...period. Even if the system is owned by the 
principal commercial user of the system.

The real questions I've seen surrounded more technical issues like site 
design standards, etc.  RS222(G) has differing tighter specs for PS towers 
than non-PS towers.  The same can not be said for site access, security, 
buildings, power, grounding, telco service, etc.

MM

At 02:22 AM 3/5/2007 -0500, Robert Meuser wrote
>Corporate greed. They will not be fully ready for an emergency. Some 
>corporate users will not relinquish space, the system will fail.  Can you 
>spell Katrina?
>
>R
>
>Mike McCarthy wrote:
>
>>If built to proper standards, I don't see many issues with this except 
>>where critical non-PS first responder operations share the same system.
>>
>>Compatible...Police/fire and local excavator or concrete delivery dispatch.
>>Incompatible...Police/fire and industrial plant first responders.
>>
>>MM
>>
>>At 11:05 AM 2/27/2007 -0800, Dean Tiernan wrote
>>
>>>Dean Tiernan (dtiernan at gmail.com) thought you might be interested in
>>>checking out an excerpt from NAB SmartBrief.
>>>
>>>
>>>So who thinks this is a bad idea? Why>
>>>
>>>Dean
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Group wants to create emergency network from spectrum
>>>Frontline Wireless, a group whose partners include former FCC Chairman
>>>Reed Hundt, is proposing building a national public safety
>>>communications network that would be available to first responders
>>>during emergencies and used for commercial purposes at other times, if
>>>it can win reclaimed broadcast spectrum in the upcoming 700 mHz
>>>auction.  Broadcasting & Cable (2/26)
>>>
>>>
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>>>Dean Tiernan