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FCC action on the National Broadband Plan can be expected to start “in a matter of days,” Public Safety Bureau Chief Jamie Barnett said Wednesday. At a commission forum, he acknowledged some government plans “stay on the shelf” but promised…
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“that’s not going to happen on this particular plan.” The plan gives the agency a great deal to do, and the bureau is “moving out on that sharply.” Bureau officials outlined recommendations in the plan. The FCC seeks to increase its involvement with cybersecurity, said Chief Jeff Goldthorpe of the Communications Systems Analysis Division. “It’s an area where we frankly don’t have much of a track record.” On the proposed public-safety network, Deputy Chief David Furth said relying on current commercial networks and infrastructure won’t meet public safety’s “specific needs for network reliability, resiliency and nationwide coverage that includes remote as well as populated areas.” The plan asks for $12 billion to $16 billion in government grants and broadband-user fees to build and maintain infrastructure, he said. Public-safety networks will be more economical and up-to-date technically if they're built at the same time as commercial networks, Furth said.