America’s Most Wanted host John Walsh sent a letter to Congress l...
America’s Most Wanted host John Walsh sent a letter to Congress last week urging lawmakers to back the “consensus plan” for 800 MHz. Walsh weighed in on the issue earlier this year, spearheading a letter-writing campaign for viewers to…
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back the plan supported by Nextel, the Assn. of Public Safety Communications Officials and others. Walsh told lawmakers last week that 3,500 people wrote in as part of the campaign since late Jan. “I fear that competitive interests may try to delay the FCC’s process in any way they can; we need to remain focused on doing what’s right for first responders and the people they protect,” he wrote. The FCC had aimed to include a proposal on mitigating public safety interference at 800 MHz on its agenda for the Thurs. open meeting but the item was pulled from the sunshine notice. As part of a continued flood of filings on the controversial proceeding, Pegasus Communications urged the FCC to not act in a matter that adversely affects guard band licensees at 700 MHz. “If the Commission does act in a way that adversely affects the guard band licenses, Pegasus would be constrained to take legal action to preserve its position,” the company, which owns guard band spectrum at 700 MHz, told the FCC last week. Pegasus said the Constitution’s takings clause bars such measures “without compensation and that action at the eleventh hour would be inconsistent with the notice provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.” Pegasus told the FCC in an earlier filing that it had “some understanding that the idea of reallocating the Nextel 700 MHz spectrum to public safety is under consideration in hopes that it will mitigate the risk of successful litigation against the plan.” Access Spectrum, which also holds guard band licenses, raised similar concerns in recent ex parte filings at the FCC. The company told the agency it opposed “the potential reallocation of certain 700 MHz guard band licenses and 900 MHz SMR licenses.”