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The Denver Regional Transportation District asked the FCC...

The Denver Regional Transportation District asked the FCC for a waiver of some 700 MHz rules relating to efficient use of spectrum, according to a Friday filing (http://bit.ly/Xu4wJ5). “In the 700 MHz public safety narrowband voice spectrum, RTD believes that…

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there will not be a spectrum congestion issue in this band in the next ten-to-fifteen years,” said Communications Manager Tom Hughes in the filing. Thus the FCC’s rules don’t help “the users of this spectrum, nor serves the public’s interest.” He called these FCC rules “inequitable, unduly burdensome, and contrary to the public interest” because taxpayers would have to pay for upgrades that aren’t yet needed.