RE: [WISPA] soho router to replace wrt54g?
Rick is right. The Linksys is now "open source" software and you can download much better and improved firmware for free...and, of course, that leaves little incentive for Cisco to improve it themselves because, of course, the downloaded firmware isn't from them. . . . j o n a t h a n -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rick Harnish Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 8:02 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: RE: [WISPA] soho router to replace wrt54g? I refuse to sell Linksys routers anymore. I have given them two chances. They went to crap when Cisco bought Linksys. We tried again a year later and still found them really flaky. Technical Support help would just deny there was any problems with them. I gave up! We have tried Netgear, Dlink, Trendnet..but we have found Buffalo AirStation G54 Wireless Routers to be excellent for stability and in house coverage. Rick Harnish President OnlyInternet Broadband & Wireless, Inc. 260-827-2482 Office 260-307-4000 Cell 260-918-4340 VoIP www.oibw.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 8:03 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: [WISPA] soho router to replace wrt54g? Since the new wrt54g's how come out, they are crap, any suggestions for a low-cost soho router? Dan Metcalf Wireless Broadband Systems www.wbisp.com 781-566-2053 ext 6201 1-888-wbsystem (888) 927-9783 [EMAIL PROTECTED] support: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/339 - Release Date: 05/14/2006 -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
RE: [WISPA] soho router to replace wrt54g?
I refuse to sell Linksys routers anymore. I have given them two chances. They went to crap when Cisco bought Linksys. We tried again a year later and still found them really flaky. Technical Support help would just deny there was any problems with them. I gave up! We have tried Netgear, Dlink, Trendnet..but we have found Buffalo AirStation G54 Wireless Routers to be excellent for stability and in house coverage. Rick Harnish President OnlyInternet Broadband & Wireless, Inc. 260-827-2482 Office 260-307-4000 Cell 260-918-4340 VoIP www.oibw.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 8:03 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: [WISPA] soho router to replace wrt54g? Since the new wrt54g's how come out, they are crap, any suggestions for a low-cost soho router? Dan Metcalf Wireless Broadband Systems www.wbisp.com 781-566-2053 ext 6201 1-888-wbsystem (888) 927-9783 [EMAIL PROTECTED] support: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/339 - Release Date: 05/14/2006 -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] soho router to replace wrt54g?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can that router be purchased at bestbuy or something? Or just online? > Eek, top-posting bad. Anyway, I'm not sure about Best Buy, but most of your good online retailers and wholesalers will carry the WRT54GL. (We sell and install enough routers that we usually buy 'em in 20-packs. Buy in bulk and save save save.) David Smith MVN.net -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
RE: [WISPA] soho router to replace wrt54g?
Can that router be purchased at bestbuy or something? Or just online? Dan Metcalf Wireless Broadband Systems www.wbisp.com 781-566-2053 ext 6201 1-888-wbsystem (888) 927-9783 [EMAIL PROTECTED] support: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of David E. Smith > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 8:19 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] soho router to replace wrt54g? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Since the new wrt54g's how come out, they are crap, any suggestions for a > > low-cost soho router? > > > Spend the extra five bucks and get the WRT54GL (basically the *good* > WRT54G). > > Yeah, I've got a few WRT54G version 5 units in the office, and no idea > what to do with 'em. Technically they're not defective, so I can't > return them; however, they're flaky as all get-out and I wouldn't dare > give them to customers. Maybe the customers that I really don't like and > that I'd like to shove off to another ISP, but there's not that many of 'em. > > David Smith > MVN.net > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/339 - Release Date: 05/14/2006 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/339 - Release Date: 05/14/2006 -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] soho router to replace wrt54g?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Since the new wrt54g's how come out, they are crap, any suggestions for a > low-cost soho router? > Spend the extra five bucks and get the WRT54GL (basically the *good* WRT54G). Yeah, I've got a few WRT54G version 5 units in the office, and no idea what to do with 'em. Technically they're not defective, so I can't return them; however, they're flaky as all get-out and I wouldn't dare give them to customers. Maybe the customers that I really don't like and that I'd like to shove off to another ISP, but there's not that many of 'em. David Smith MVN.net -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
[WISPA] soho router to replace wrt54g?
Since the new wrt54g's how come out, they are crap, any suggestions for a low-cost soho router? Dan Metcalf Wireless Broadband Systems www.wbisp.com 781-566-2053 ext 6201 1-888-wbsystem (888) 927-9783 [EMAIL PROTECTED] support: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/339 - Release Date: 05/14/2006 -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
[WISPA] Need Service near Weatherford and Granbury Texas
Does anyone provide service in Texas to the area about halfway between Weatherford and Granbury along Highway 51 the Granbury Highway? Ken Chipps [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Wireless Spectrum Fraud
Wow. These big telco's have absolutely NO scruples do they. I think we just need to break up all companies over 500 employees! grin Marlon(509) 982-2181 Equipment sales(408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services42846865 (icq) And I run my own wisp!64.146.146.12 (net meeting)www.odessaoffice.com/wirelesswww.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam - Original Message - From: Peter R. To: WISPA General List Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 6:31 AM Subject: [WISPA] Wireless Spectrum Fraud Teletruth News Alert: May 11, 2006 Contact: Bruce Kushnick, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To read the full complaint: http://www.teletruth.org/docs/wirelesscomplaintfin.pdf Wireless Spectrum Fraud by AT&T, Cingular (SBC & BellSouth), Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint? Are these "Very Small Businesses"? Teletruth Estimates Over $8 Billion Was Pocketed through Deceptive Practices in Wireless Spectrum Auctions. FCC, SEC and Other Violations Need Investigation. Upcoming (June 2006) Wireless Broadband Auctions in Jeopardy: Small Businesses Screwed.Teletruth today filed an $8 billion complaint alleging that Verizon, AT&T, Cingular (SBC, AT&T and BellSouth), T-Mobile, Sprint and others rigged the FCC wireless auctions by creating false fronts to pose as "very small businesses". This allowed these companies to secure valuable wireless spectrum at discounted prices. This Complaint was filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and various committees in Congress. Deceptive Practices: Is it legal for Americas "Very Large Businesses" to pose as Very Small Businesses" to win wireless licenses to be used by the very large business? Data from phone company annual reports: Salmon PCS LLC ---In November 2000, Cingular formed Salmon to bid as a "very small business" for certain 1900 MHz band PCS licenses auctioned by the FCC. In November 2004, Cingular and Edge Mobile Wireless formed Edge Mobile, (Edge) to bid as an "entrepreneur" for certain 1900 MHz band PCS licenses auctioned by the FCC. AT&T Wirelesss financial statements include other "variable interest entities" (read very small business), similar to Salmon and Edge Mobile Wireless. Verizon Wireless: On February 15, 2005, the FCCs auction of broadband personal communications services licenses ended and Verizon Wireless and Vista PCS were the highest bidders for 63 licenses totaling approximately $697 million. --- Vista works for Verizon. Is it legal to keep the estimated $8 billion that was saved by posing as a "very small business"? Doesnt this harm competition? Doesnt this defraud the government out of billions of dollars? Why havent the FCC and DOJ stepped in to get the money back? Designated Entities or "Deceptive Entities"? The FCC even has a name for these companies: "Designated Entities". Commissioner Adelstein on April 25, 2006 wrote: "We missed a real opportunity to shut down what almost everyone recognizes has the potential for the largest abuse of our Designated Entity program: giant wireless companies using false fronts to get spectrum on the cheap." The story is simple. The FCC auctions off something called "Spectrum", which is used for wireless services, broadband services, television, radio, etc. Also known as the "airwaves", the American people own these airwaves and give licenses for the use of these airwaves. An example: on June 29th, 2006, the FCC is about to have its 66th auction of spectrum for Advanced Wireless Services (AWS). "Today, the (FCC) adopted a Public Notice that establishes procedures, minimum opening bids, and a reserve price for the FCCs upcoming first auction of spectrum licenses for Advanced Wireless Services (AWS-1). This auction, Auction No. 66, is scheduled to begin June 29, 2006, and will include 1,122 AWS-1 licenses in the 1710-1755 MHz and 2110-2155 MHz bands." This current spectrum auction is supposed to yield between $9-$15 billion. The FCC, in creating this auction, is supposedly "promoting the rapid deployment of broadband, voice, and data services to the public by new AWS licensees". And yet, the FCCs most recent decision, April 25th, 2006, did not address or fix the fact that these very large companies were able to rig the "small business" wireless auctions. FCC Commissioner Copps wrote: "News reports indicate that, in prior auctions, entities with deep pockets helped themselves to discounts they were never meant to enjoy. This unacceptable behavior threatens the integrity of our auctions and, worse, it cheats consumers. It costs taxpayers millions o
Re: [WISPA] gas prices
hehehehe Lets see you do that in the rocks around here! We put ground rods in with a jack hammer often as not. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.146.146.12 (net meeting) www.odessaoffice.com/wireless www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam - Original Message - From: "Rick Harnish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 2:26 PM Subject: RE: [WISPA] gas prices Tom, " You can't forget the grounding rod, and the big ass Hammer to hammer it in." You don't need "the big ass Hammer"! Just pour a little water on the ground, push the rod in, pull it out, fill the hole with water, push it in again. Repeat this process until you get the rod in almost all the way in and hammer it the last few inches. Works like a charm. And you already have water bottles in stock :) I never would have believed it until I saw it done! The water softens the ground and works as a lubricant. Its really slick. Respectfully, Rick Harnish President OnlyInternet Broadband & Wireless, Inc. 260-827-2482 Office 260-307-4000 Cell 260-918-4340 VoIP www.oibw.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
[WISPA] Re: Moscow wireless mesh network to reach 3.9m homes - Convergence - www.itnews.com.au
Oh brother. 780 users per ap? ROFLOL Where do these sales geeks keep finding these suckers? Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.146.146.12 (net meeting) www.odessaoffice.com/wireless www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam - Original Message - From: "John Oram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 8:56 AM Subject: Re: Moscow wireless mesh network to reach 3.9m homes - Convergence - www.itnews.com.au Try this one http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=32317 Amazing what you can find by taking the subject Moscow wireless mesh network to reach 3.9m homes and plug that into www.google.com :-) :-) :-) FYI: This week I'll be at http://www.iwceexpo.com/ We will spend most of our time at Booth 1362 Microvoice Corporation 345 Willis Street , Camarillo, CA 93010 United States Phone: 805-389-2922 Fax: 805-389-1665 www.microvoice.com Microvoice's Constellation is a 4th generation VoIP RoIP Radio interoperability and Communications Command and Control Softswitch and P25 Gateway. Includes feature rich embedded options for radio, ISDN & other telephone interfaces, call logging, voting comparators and more. John O John Oram Apogee Dispatch Center Specialists 916-339-2311 Office 916-723-9581 Fax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> email http://www.apogee.us website Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: I can't open that. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.146.146.12 (net meeting) www.odessaoffice.com/wireless www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam - Original Message - From: "John Oram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Marlon Schafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lonnie Nunweiler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 7:58 AM Subject: FYI: Moscow wireless mesh network to reach 3.9m homes - Convergence - www.itnews.com.au -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Re: Six public-safety groups support reallocating 700MHzspectrum, but have yet to endorse Cyren plan
No idea. But I do know it's all top of the line equipment in the racks (3com switches, primary and backup, Alcatel licensed links, etc.) Travis Microserv Gino A. Villarini wrote: Well usually the 2way radio guys know hack on data transmission, so those trips are to fix some data networking issues ? Gino A. Villarini [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 10:16 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Re: Six public-safety groups support reallocating 700MHzspectrum, but have yet to endorse Cyren plan Hi, You can check either Clark or Bannock counties in Idaho. "700mhz" is all they tell me. Around here, it is the 2-way radio guys that are doing all of it... and it's a lot of work (just watching how many times they have had to go up to a certain tower to fix things). Travis Microserv Gino A. Villarini wrote: Do you have specific info ? freq ? call sing ? County state? Going to the fcc site to investigate Gino A. Villarini [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 7:56 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Re: Six public-safety groups support reallocating 700MHz spectrum, but have yet to endorse Cyren plan Hi, It's not the city, but rather County and State. I have no idea how they did it... but there was BIG money available after 9/11 to setup these type of systems. Travis Microserv Gino A. Villarini wrote: Travis, Care to share how the city got a 700 mhz license ? Gino A. Villarini [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 11:53 AM To: WISPA General List; isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com Subject: [WISPA] Re: Six public-safety groups support reallocating 700 MHz spectrum, but have yet to endorse Cyren plan Hi, I'm not sure about other parts of the country, but here in Idaho they have been using 700mhz for city/county emergency services. Many towers have expensive ($100k) point to point links to feed the system, and then a full rack of equipment inside. The idea is that every emergency service would be able to communicate with each other using only 1 radio. They will also have voice and data services from that same radio, and it's fully roaming. I only know of two towers with it running, but there are plans to install several more systems this summer. Travis Microserv Dawn DiPietro wrote: By Jeffrey Silva May 12, 2006 WASHINGTON-Law enforcement and first-responder groups asked key Senate lawmakers to consider a private-sector plan to designate a block of spectrum in the 700 MHz band for a national wireless broadband public-safety network, one that would be shared with commercial wireless carriers and include an interoperability capability policy-makers have repeatedly call for-without success-since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists attacks. "We are dedicated to ensuring that public safety has access to the most advanced technology to support those services that meet its stringent requirements to provide safety and security to all Americans. Congress and the [Federal Communications Commission] cannot afford to pass an opportunity to explore the availability of an additional 30 megahertz of spectrum that would meet public safety's needs as well as elevate the safety of all Americans," stated the organizations in a letter to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and the panel's ranking Democrat, Sen. Daniel Inouye (Hawaii). The letter was signed by officials of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International, International Association of Chiefs of Police, International Association of Fire Chiefs, Major Cities Chiefs Association, Major County Sheriffs' Association and National Sheriffs' Association. The groups said they are studying the proposal submitted by Cyren Call Communications Inc. to the FCC late last month, and have not decided whether to endorse it. "However," they stated, "we do believe that the concept of reallocating the 30 megahertz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band in a manner that would promote interoperable, public-safety broadband communications is worthy of public discussion." A public debate that could prompt lawmakers to reconsider plans to auction by February 2008 valuable spectrum in the 747-762 MHz and 777-792 MHz bands is precisely what the cell-phone industry wants to avoid. Mobile-phone carriers are keenly aware of how Cyren Chairman Morgan O'Brien won over policy-makers in the late 1980s w
RE: [WISPA] Re: Six public-safety groups support reallocating 700MHzspectrum, but have yet to endorse Cyren plan
Well usually the 2way radio guys know hack on data transmission, so those trips are to fix some data networking issues ? Gino A. Villarini [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 10:16 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Re: Six public-safety groups support reallocating 700MHzspectrum, but have yet to endorse Cyren plan Hi, You can check either Clark or Bannock counties in Idaho. "700mhz" is all they tell me. Around here, it is the 2-way radio guys that are doing all of it... and it's a lot of work (just watching how many times they have had to go up to a certain tower to fix things). Travis Microserv Gino A. Villarini wrote: >Do you have specific info ? freq ? call sing ? County state? > >Going to the fcc site to investigate > >Gino A. Villarini >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. >tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 > >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Travis Johnson >Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 7:56 PM >To: WISPA General List >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Re: Six public-safety groups support reallocating >700MHz spectrum, but have yet to endorse Cyren plan > >Hi, > >It's not the city, but rather County and State. I have no idea how they >did it... but there was BIG money available after 9/11 to setup these >type of systems. > >Travis >Microserv > > >Gino A. Villarini wrote: > > > >>Travis, >> >>Care to share how the city got a 700 mhz license ? >> >> >> >>Gino A. Villarini >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. >>tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 >> >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>Behalf Of Travis Johnson >>Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 11:53 AM >>To: WISPA General List; isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com >>Subject: [WISPA] Re: Six public-safety groups support reallocating 700 MHz >>spectrum, but have yet to endorse Cyren plan >> >>Hi, >> >>I'm not sure about other parts of the country, but here in Idaho they >>have been using 700mhz for city/county emergency services. Many towers >>have expensive ($100k) point to point links to feed the system, and then >>a full rack of equipment inside. The idea is that every emergency >>service would be able to communicate with each other using only 1 radio. >>They will also have voice and data services from that same radio, and >>it's fully roaming. >> >>I only know of two towers with it running, but there are plans to >>install several more systems this summer. >> >>Travis >>Microserv >> >>Dawn DiPietro wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>>By Jeffrey Silva >>>May 12, 2006 >>>WASHINGTON-Law enforcement and first-responder groups asked key Senate >>>lawmakers to consider a private-sector plan to designate a block of >>>spectrum in the 700 MHz band for a national wireless broadband >>>public-safety network, one that would be shared with commercial >>>wireless carriers and include an interoperability capability >>>policy-makers have repeatedly call for-without success-since the Sept. >>>11, 2001, terrorists attacks. >>> >>>"We are dedicated to ensuring that public safety has access to the >>>most advanced technology to support those services that meet its >>>stringent requirements to provide safety and security to all >>>Americans. Congress and the [Federal Communications Commission] cannot >>>afford to pass an opportunity to explore the availability of an >>>additional 30 megahertz of spectrum that would meet public safety's >>>needs as well as elevate the safety of all Americans," stated the >>>organizations in a letter to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted >>>Stevens (R-Alaska) and the panel's ranking Democrat, Sen. Daniel >>>Inouye (Hawaii). >>> >>>The letter was signed by officials of the Association of Public-Safety >>>Communications Officials-International, International Association of >>>Chiefs of Police, International Association of Fire Chiefs, Major >>>Cities Chiefs Association, Major County Sheriffs' Association and >>>National Sheriffs' Association. >>> >>>The groups said they are studying the proposal submitted by Cyren Call >>>Communications Inc. to the FCC late last month, and have not decided >>>whether to endorse it. "However," they stated, "we do believe that the >>>concept of reallocating the 30 megahertz of spectrum in the 700 MHz >>>band in a manner that would promote interoperable, public-safety >>>broadband communications is worthy of public discussion." >>> >>>A public debate that could prompt lawmakers to reconsider plans to >>>auction by February 2008 valuable spectrum in the 747-762 MHz and >>>777-792 MHz bands is precisely what the cell-phone industry wants to >>>avoid. >>> >>>Mobile-phone carriers are keenly aware of how Cyren Chairman Morgan >>>O'Brien won over polic
