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 when he presented the >>then-radical idea of cobbling together narrow radio dispatch >>frequencies to create Nextel Communications Inc. (now part of Sprint >>Nextel Corp.). Nextel became a competitor to the cellular duopoly at >>that time. National mobile-phone carrier executives have not forgotten >>either about Nextel's successful campaign to remedy interference >>Nextel caused to 800 MHz radio systems in a way that secured Nextel 10 >>megahertz of spectrum in the 1.9 GHz band. >> >>Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), chairman of the House telecom and Internet >>subcommittee, is the only lawmaker to publicly voice outright >>opposition to Cyren's proposal. Upton did so shortly after Cyren >>submitted its proposal to the FCC on April 27. The Michigan lawmaker >>argued the plan would disrupt the balance in legislation that forced >>broadcasters to surrender 700 MHz as part of their transition to >>digital technology, set aside 24 megahertz for public safety and >>earmarked $1 billion for public-safety interoperability deployment. >>The 24 megahertz already reserved for public safety is adjacent to the >>separate, clear chunk of 30 megahertz at the heart of Cyren's >>initiative. The 30 megahertz is potentially worth billions of dollars >>in auction receipts for the U.S. Treasury. In addition to mobile-phone >>carriers, wireless Internet and computer firms have expressed interest >>in the 700 MHz spectrum to drive WiMAX and other wireless broadband >>technologies. >> >>"While the FCC is currently exploring whether its rules should be >>modified to permit broadband use in a portion of the 24 megahertz now >>allotted for wideband use, that will only address a small part of >>public safety's future requirements. As we have argued since the >>Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee report of 1996, an >>additional spectrum allocation is needed," the six public-safety >>associations told Stevens and Inouye. >> >>Link below ; >>http://rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=26358 >>--- >>--- >> >> >> -- 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/
