Newport, Rhode Island, Urges FCC to Use 900 MHz Band for Smart Grid Broadband
The FCC should target 900 MHz band spectrum for smart grid broadband systems, said Newport, Rhode Island, in a letter posted Monday in docket 17-200. A private carrier broadband allocation at 896-901/935-940 MHz would "enable utilities and other providers of…
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critical services to deploy modern, secure, and resilient networks ... capable of supporting Smart Grid and other critical functionalities," said the city. It cited the public-interest benefits as: migrating from "vulnerable narrrowband systems"; creating a "virtuous circle" of hardware, device, and application investment and development"; improving utility system "reliability, redundancy and coverage"; and bolstering power grid defenses against cyberattacks.