Talk to Sprint or Verizon.keep the government out.
B http://www.wvmetronews.com/news.cfm?func=displayfullstory <http://www.wvmetronews.com/news.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=45256> &storyid=45256 05/09/2011 <http://www.wvmetronews.com/print.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=45256> Print this story Rockefeller Wants Nationwide Communication System Staff Washington, D.C. Despite a growing call for budget cuts in Washington, U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller hopes to find nearly $13 billion in funding for a program that would establish a dedicated nationwide communications network. Rockefeller is hoping to secure funding to give 700 MHz spectrum to emergency responders. That would give emergency officials a nationwide public safety wireless communications network, Rockefeller said. Rockefeller is hoping to have funding in place before the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the event that brought the issue to the forefront. On 9/11, first responders were unable to communicate with each other. The 9/11 Commission recommended the plan Rockefeller is proposing. The system, known as the D-Block spectrum, would help responders talk to each other when necessary, Rockefeller said. "On a national basis, everybody, at all levels of public safety, will be on exactly the same system," Rockefeller said. Critics say it would be a costly system during a time of budget crunching. Rockefeller says there are ways to implement the system cheaply by saving money. "We do that by people who are not using that spectrum to volunteer to give it back, and then we sell that spectrum," Rockefeller said. "The proceeds of that will turn out to be about $28 billion." That $28 billion can then be used to put the D-Block system in place, while simultaneously paying down parts of the deficit. "It'll only cost $12 billion to $13 billion to do this nationwide, interoperable, wireless communications, and then we'll have $10 billion left over for deficit reduction," Rockefeller said. Rockefeller says there's growing support for the plan, and he'll continue to work toward getting it enacted. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
