Friday, November 13, 2009

Remarks of Commissioner Copps, FCC Field Hearing on Broadband & Public Safety

Remarks of Commissioner Copps, FCC Field Hearing on Broadband & Public
Safety, Georgetown University Medical Center
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-294632A1.pdf>

...Some jurisdictions have-understandably, given the time this is
taking-requested waivers to proceed with building their own local
networks. That is another option, but it strikes me that without
guarantees that these systems can become part of a nationally-connected
and interoperable system sooner or later-preferably sooner-such an
approach falls far short of the potential for broadband to create
something that really delivers for the safety of the people. So this
kind of option would surely require explicit standards to guarantee
interoperability. Here our challenge becomes agreeing on such standards
when we still don't have the configuration of the broadband public
safety system clearly in mind. ...

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