Public Safety Advocate: Still Undecided about Joining FirstNet?
Today there are more than 4 million users on the FirstNet network representing 23K+ agencies. If your agency has not yet joined FirstNet, here are some things to think about….
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Public Safety Advocate: January 2022 to January 2023, What Was Done, What Was Not
I have to admit that from year to year I have been overly optimistic about the status of various technologies needed by public safety. Upon learning where they rank, I…
Public Safety Advocate: Back to Three-Part Series—Wireless Networks and Devices for Public Safety
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday regardless of what you celebrated and now you are rejuvenated and ready to return to work. As Advocate readers may recall, toward the…
Public Safety Advocate: Communications Devices for Public Safety (Part 2 of 3)
Last week we spent our time examining networks, some of the functions that are necessary, and how networks are being expanded to add flexibility to the FirstNet network. This week…
Public Safety Advocate: Public Safety Communications Devices for Public Safety (Part 2 of 3)
Last week we spent our time examining networks, some of the functions that are necessary, and how networks are being expanded to add flexibility to the FirstNet network. This week…
Public Safety Advocate: Communications Hubs and Devices for Public Safety (Part 1)
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and remembered to thank those who worked through the holiday to keep us safe. What Is a Communications Hub? Descriptions found in Google…
Public Safety Advocate: Already November 2022, What Is Still Missing from FirstNet?
FirstNet was created in 2012 and in early 2017, the FirstNet Authority awarded a contract to AT&T to build, maintain, and manage what was to become the first and only…
Public Safety Advocate: Part 2 — Wireless Networks and Devices for Public Safety, Even PTT Part 2
Last week in Part 1 of this Advocate, I covered a lot of history and hopefully provided insight into how long public safety has been looking for more good voice service….
Public Safety Advocate: Part 1 – Wireless Networks and Devices for Public Safety, Even PTT
Now for something different… This Advocate will be published in two parts starting this week and finishing next week. This first part features some history of LMR, other forms of…
Public Safety Advocate: Hurricane Ian and Public Safety Communications, the Rest of the Story; Vision Summit 2022; FirstNet Authority Search for CEO
After doing serious damage to Puerto Rico, which still has no power, hurricane Ian hit the west coast of Florida last week and then moved east across Florida and up…
Public Safety Advocate: Push-To-Talk Is Public Safety’s Lifeline
At the time the Public Safety Alliance (PSA) set its sights on acquiring spectrum and some funding for a nationwide broadband network, most Members of Congress and their staffers had…
Public Safety Advocate: Twelve Years of the Advocate
Next week’s issue marks twelve years since the first Public Safety Advocate was published. Because we will be out of town for meetings, we won’t be here to publish the June 6,…
Public Safety Advocate: What Is the Plan?
An Open Letter to Those Who Oversee, Plan, Build, and Operate the FirstNet Network This Advocate is not about blame, it is about mistakes all of us made, where we are today,…
Public Safety Advocate: Spectrum, Licensed and Unlicensed, Who Wins, Who Loses
Article after article has been written to make a case that broadband in the United States should be available to all regardless of where they are located or their ability…
Public Safety Advocate: Thank You, Ed Parkinson; RapidSOS; Call for Public Safety Hall of Fame
Those who have been reading the Advocate for any length of time know I rarely feature individuals in my articles but when I do, it is to impart information that…