Nine Louisiana lawmakers urged the FCC to grant a waiver...
Nine Louisiana lawmakers urged the FCC to grant a waiver that enables state and municipal first responders to deploy a broadband wireless public safety network, in a letter released last week. “As Representatives of one of the states most vulnerable…
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to large disasters, both natural (Hurricanes Katrina and Gustav) and manmade (the Deepwater Horizon oil spill), we are acutely aware that our constituents need a robust, interoperable wireless broadband network to ensure that first responders can communicate during critical emergencies,” said Louisiana Sens. Mary Landrieu, Democrat, and David Vitter, Republican; and Republican Reps. Rodney Alexander, Charles Boustany, Steve Scalise, Bill Cassidy, John Fleming, Jeff Landry, and Democrat Cedric Richmond. While the commission works to develop FirstNet, Louisiana’s first responders continue to lack an interoperable broadband network to communicate in times of crisis, the letter said.