Verizon Says States Should Have Flexibility to Opt Out of FirstNet
FirstNet shouldn't be allowed to impose additional conditions on states that opt out of connecting to FirstNet, Verizon wrote the FCC. “While FirstNet’s policies appear to accommodate core-to-core interconnection and roaming, the extent of FirstNet’s discretion to impose additional conditions…
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renders uncertain the viability of such arrangements.” States should have as much flexibility as FirstNet did in selecting network partners, the carrier said. Verizon rival AT&T is the network's lead partner. “This flexibility must include the state’s and its partner’s authority to build and operate their own network core, which includes data centers and systems used to interconnect users to each other and to other public networks, as long as it is interoperable with FirstNet’s nationwide network,” Verizon said. It once was considered a contender for the contract. Monday's letter was posted in docket 16-269.