Public Safety Advocate: NPSTC, Z-Axis, MegaRange
Last week I listened to a webinar sponsored by the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) that was presented to the LTE/LMR Integration Committee, which…
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Public Safety Advocate: Infrastructure Bill–Next-Generation 9-1-1, Rural Broadband; FirstNet MegaRange
This week’s Public Safety Advocate is the first to be dictated to my computer using the Nuance Dragon Professional speech-to-text program. Many of you may know that…
Public Safety Advocate: Getting Rural Broadband Right
The Best of Andy takes a look back at an article from four years ago on Rural Broadband. Did we get it right? The issues…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet, FCC, Congress, HPUE
Continuing with ATFN’s “Best of Andy” Here is one from a year ago. A lot of things have changed, some not so much. FirstNet I…
Public Safety Advocate: LMR and FirstNet Attributes
As Andy is unavailable for awhile, ATFN is re-posting a past article of his. The first in a possible series of “The Best of Andy”…
Public Safety Advocate: ProSe Panned, Second-Generation PTT, QuickRoute
This week there are a number of items of interest for those involved in public-safety communications. A rugged handheld device company has given up on…
Public Safety Advocate: NG911, IP-Based FirstNet/LMR, HPUE White Paper, FirstNet Want to-be Renames existing services
It has been a while since I heard people claiming FirstNet (Built with AT&T) will replace Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems. I had thought by…
Public Safety Advocate: NG911, Mid-Band Spectrum, Harris DM, Cutting the Cord, New Leadership at FirstNet (Built with AT&T)
Welcome to March 2021. If last month was any indication, this will be a very busy year for public-safety professionals, especially those providing communications to…
Public Safety Advocate: A Look Back, News, More Next Week
The last week in February is very busy for me. I am working to complete a number of projects and I am still looking for…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet Interoperability, More on MegaRange™ Test Drives
Last week’s Advocate discussing the difference between FirstNet and commercial networks that concluded that FirstNet needs to continue to stand alone and not become part of a…
Public Safety Advocate: Broadband Interoperability? Z-Axis Location Services, CRDs, Spectrum
There is a lot going on during these early days of 2021. Broadband companies that did not bid on the FirstNet Request for Proposal are…
Public Safety Advocate: Closing Digital Divide Will Take Cooperation, FirstNet Stats and Announcements
For more than ten years, scores of people, organizations, and federal, state, and local agencies have been using band aids to “fix” the digital divide…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet MegaRange™ Means Mega Band-14 Coverage!
The goal of FirstNet was to provide nationwide broadband coverage for all first responders and to enable them to communicate among each other over a…
Public Safety Advocate: Broadband Spectrum, Extremists Use PTT During Capital Takeover Attempt
Our new President and Vice-President will be sworn in on January 20, hopefully without incident. Then the real work will begin as the public-safety community…
Public Safety Advocate: Looking Back and Ahead
This second 2021 Advocate is the last before the swearing in of the new administration. This week, we look back at the Nashville Bombing and why there…