Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet’s First Hurricane
Last week’s Public Safety Advocate discussed storms, wildfires, and other reasons it is so important for as many public safety agencies as possible to be a…
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Public Safety Advocate: Weather to Move to FirstNet
To all my readers who delight in finding errors in my articles (for which I am grateful), “weather” in the title is correct as this…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet Progress—RFP IOC Goals Compared to Today’s Network
The Request for Proposal (RFP) issued by FirstNet the Authority includes a section known as Section J-8 that deals with dates by which certain items…
Public Safety Advocate: Passing the Baton
The past several weeks have seen some interesting changes in the FirstNet Board of Directors and the U.S. Senate. First and foremost, the passing of…
Public Safety Advocate: Radio Interference in the Public Safety World
There are many different types of interference that may have an impact on existing radio communications systems whether they are Land Mobile Radio (LMR), broadband,…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet the Authority and More
With AT&T beating every due date, dealing with its coverage issues head-on, and deploying Band 14 ahead of schedule, not to mention certifying new FirstNet-approved…
Public Safety Advocate: APCO and FirstNet
The busiest booth at the APCO conference in Las Vegas was by far the FirstNet booth. There was plenty of great activity on the show…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet and Video Surveillance
Many of my Public Safety Advocates start out when I am asked a question that gets me thinking. This Advocate began when a good friend of mine…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet NOT Operational?
According to an article in Radio Resources’ MissionCritical Communications, a court case brought by two Vermonters question why the government has failed to inform the…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet Potpourri
The first item of interest for FirstNet and its rural customers should be the progress on H.R. 3994. If passed by Congress and signed into…
Public Safety Advocate: PTT Interoperability—Sweet Spot for FirstNet?
First, let me be very clear, this is NOT about Mission-Critical PTT (which may someday be available and used for dispatch, day-to-day patrols, and local incidents)….
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet and H.R. 3994
FirstNet (Built by AT&T) is required to provide public safety broadband in rural America. Recently, AT&T accepted the challenge and committed to invest an additional…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet Progress and Coverage Issues
It appears from information provided by FirstNet that more than 1,000 public safety agencies have signed on to the network and are commencing to put…
Public Safety Advocate: LMR and LTE, Not Either Or!
[Editor’s Note: This week’s newsletter is being published early due to impending cataract surgery and recovery.] Sometimes what we are trying to convey is interpreted…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet and Interoperability
During speeches at the recent PSCR meeting in San Diego, two people made points that started me thinking about what lies ahead for FirstNet. The…