Southern Linc Says Disaster Rules Will Be Tough to Implement
Southern Linc representatives warned of difficulties meeting new mandatory disaster response initiative (MDRI) requirements approved by FCC commissioners in July (see 2207060070). In meetings with aides to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, Commissioner Geoffrey Starks and Public Safety Bureau staff, Southern…
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Linc said “achieving initial compliance” with the roaming under disaster (RuD) requirements “is much more complex and will require much more time than the Commission anticipated.” The FCC estimated a carrier would require only 50 hours of legal time and 50 hours of software development time to negotiate and put in place bilateral roaming agreements, the company said: “The amount of legal time that Southern Linc has already expended in developing and negotiating bilateral RuD agreements … is still ongoing” and “significantly exceeds the Commission’s 50-hour estimate,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 21-346.