FCC offers new proposals to auction public-safety spectrum
The FCC has proposed new rules for auctioning a block of spectrum intended for police and fire departments -- with many of the rules similar to the first failed attempt at selling the spectrum.
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If the FCC wants to make
If the FCC wants to make this a successful auction and within reach of most PS groups it needs to do the following:Comment:Any Commercial entity will need at minimum 20Mhz of the 700Mhz to provide a true 4G level services.
But I am afraid Verizon Wireless would not allow the FCC to approve the following proposal.
Proposal:
If the FCC would allow the winner of the D block to gain shared access to both the D block and existing PS 700Mhz spectrum (allowing commercial access to a full 20Mhz of spectrum), they could cost effectively deploy a 4G network and reduce the per PS members fees from $48+/Mo. to a more realistic $24.95/Mo.
However, the FCC must clearly define who qualifies as a Public Safety member during normal (non emergency) operations of the network. AT most this needs to include only the Police,Fire, EMS and in preparation for an emergency the designated Emergency Preparedness Team members. The Fed Gov. would also be provided special access during the Emergency.
If they do not do this the State/County and Local governments would allow everyone to qualify for the special PS rate during normal operations. The $48.50 would then apply to the remaining Government entities.
In an emergency all qualified entities taking part in the clean up will qualify under the special rate plan.
The plan would be to free up all 20Mhz of spectrum for the exclusive use of the PS community in the event of an emergency. The PSST could monitor and manage this network making sure the Provider follows these rules.
I recognize this is Naive since the major Carriers and the PSST will need to control this in case a new service provider was to step in and offer competitive services to the big boys.
Jim