Railroads Concerned About Further Changes to 900 MHz Rules
Representatives of the Association of American Railroads raised concerns about a proposed voluntary, negotiation-based process to transition 10 MHz in the 900 MHz band to broadband, with 5/5 MHz channels, in meetings with aides to Chairman Brendan Carr and Wireless Bureau staff. Questions about what the FCC will do with the band have impaired “planning and investment” in railroad communications, said a filing Friday in docket 24-99.
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The association's network can’t “be fragmented or addressed on a piecemeal, market-by-market basis without undermining rail safety compliance,” it said. “Unlike utilities and other critical infrastructure industries with local or regional operations, the railroads’ train cars, locomotives, tracks, and crews are often intermixed throughout the country, and the railroads’ communications networks are designed to facilitate interoperable train operations.”