[BC] Frontline Wireless emergency network

[Mike McCarthy]

Not necessarily so.  Be careful Robert.  You are lumping MANY very 
different operators into one category. Power/utility companies and first 
responders would not be compatible users of the same system.  I see this as 
a win/win IF built out and maintained correctly.

MM


At 10:22 AM 3/5/2007 -0500, Robert Meuser wrote
>Personally I have zero faith. You are asking the same people who can't 
>keep our lights on to support first responders. I would rather give it 
>over to Ham radio which would do a marginally better job.
>
>R
>
>Mike McCarthy wrote:
>
>>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