[EAS] The Daisy Chain

[Sean Donelan]

On Sat, 14 Aug 2021, Clay Freinwald wrote:
 If they won't, perhaps time to re-consider using them for a source?

Premiere Networks participate as a PEP source on a voluntary(*) basis. 
FEMA can't lean on them too hard (or at all) because FEMA needs them more 
than they need FEMA.

Premiere can "unvolunteer" at anytime leaving FEMA begging for other
volunteers.  Obviously, there is a small business benefit of participating,
because they get to claim public interest reasons at the FCC.

(*) I believe they originally "volunteered" as part of some anti-trust 
merger conditions.  But I couldn't find the news story, and in any case 
antitrust conditions usually expire after a few years.