The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) said...
The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) said Friday it’s “extremely disappointed” that the FCC has approved Progeny’s E-911 locator service for commercial use on the 902-928 MHz band (http://bit.ly/18bGW8G). The agency released an order Thursday approving the service, with…
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some conditions related to opponents’ concerns about possible interference (CD June 7 p3). WISPA said it believes the FCC “neglected compelling evidence in the record showing the extremely harmful effects that Progeny’s operations would cause to broadband and other services.” WISPA was able to get Progeny to commit to work with wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) in rural markets to minimize possible interference -- one of the conditions included in the FCC order. “Though we take some solace in Progeny’s commitment to work with rural WISPs, we have a hard time understanding why the FCC concluded that a 50 percent loss in throughput is not unacceptable and why it would not want to develop the record further to determine whether other devices would suffer interference,” said WISPA President Elizabeth Bowles in a news release.