Public Safety Advocate: What’s Up with the FCC?
I have been commenting about the FCC chairman seeming to feel many segments of our spectrum resources need to be opened up for access to yet more WiFi services. Perhaps…
High-Power User Equipment (HPUE)
Public Safety Advocate: Adding Wireless Routers, Broadband Overload, High-Power User Equipment
First, a sincere thank you to public-safety professionals for putting others’ lives ahead of your own, and thanks to the professionals in Emergency Communications Centers (ECCs), law enforcement, fire, and…
Coverage-extending HPUE products expected to be available soon, according to FirstNet Authority, AT&T officials
High-power user equipment (HPUE) that promises to almost double the coverage range for FirstNet subscribers using 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum is expected to be available within the next month,…
Public Safety Advocate: The Year in Review
In this last Advocate of the year, we will look back at 2019 to see what has been accomplished in the world of public-safety communications as well as what has been left…
Public Safety Advocate: Broadband in Rural Areas—Why They Keep Getting It Wrong!
Today I read an article in Inside Towers that discusses a recent survey of 2,000 row-crop, livestock, and specialty-crop farmers. The survey shows that 60-percent of those responding reported their Internet connectivity…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet Authority Investments, HPUE, an Omission
I will start with the omission from last week’s Advocate where I detailed the most important items for which public safety needs assistance from various federal agencies. I was so focused…