[EAS] Activity at the FCC

k7cr k7cr at blarg.net
Sat Jan 22 23:08:22 CST 2011


I second this one.  Let us hope that the FCC releases an NPRM so we can find 
all have a chance in helping them getting this right.

Clay Freinwald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Rudman" <rar01 at me.com>
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Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: [EAS] Activity at the FCC


> Hi, Eric -
>
> As we know, IPAWS is FEMA's roadmap for a variety of warning paths of 
> which EAS is only one.
>
> Again, where FEMA stops, I would think the FCC is supposed to pick up the 
> ball when it comes to CAP for EAS.
>
> We can only hope.
>
> Richard
> ==
>
> On Jan 22, 2011, at 6:19 PM, Eric Adler wrote:
>
>> Thank you Richard,
>>
>> Digging in to this a bit, in the available IPAWS documents from fema.gov, 
>> I see very few internet/IP references.  I see two in the "CAP IPAWS FAQ" 
>> answers, one that appears to dodge the question "Does CAP require an 
>> internet connection?" by using the wording "may be pulled (...) via an 
>> internet connection"; another states "Message delivery using CAP via 
>> Internet Protocol is proposed as a supplementary layer of message 
>> dissemination.".
>>
>> Full IPAWS OPEN 2.0 documentation doesn't appear to be available (at 
>> least, not easily).
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> Sent from my BlackBerry
>
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