Too bad so sad - Sprint told by Feds to vacate wireless channels, itsnetwork crippled!

A federal appeals court sided with the FCC and mandated that Sprint
Nextel clear certain wireless channels by June 26. The decision
upholds a request from the FCC made in September 2007 that requires
Sprint to vacate specific channels that will be used by public safety
agencies. In return for clearing the channels, Sprint was initially
supposed to receive an equivalent set of channels in return. The
public safety agencies in question are not all ready for the
transition yet. This means those channels will be unavailable to
Sprint, and Sprint's network may not have enough spectrum. Sprint said
if the deadline is enforced, its network will be crippled.

more info at Associated Press »

4phun wrote:
> A federal appeals court sided with the FCC and mandated that Sprint
> Nextel clear certain wireless channels by June 26. The decision
> upholds a request from the FCC made in September 2007 that requires
> Sprint to vacate specific channels that will be used by public safety
> agencies. In return for clearing the channels, Sprint was initially
> supposed to receive an equivalent set of channels in return. The
> public safety agencies in question are not all ready for the
> transition yet. This means those channels will be unavailable to
> Sprint, and Sprint's network may not have enough spectrum. Sprint said
> if the deadline is enforced, its network will be crippled.
>
> more info at Associated Press »

Sprint has been taken over by Verizon? What relevance does Sprint have
in a Verizon ng? None.

Extraneous newsgroups flushed.

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On 2008-05-04, Jim Higgins <gordian238@hotmail.com> wrote:

>> Sprint, and Sprint's network may not have enough spectrum. Sprint said
>> if the deadline is enforced, its network will be crippled.
>>
>> more info at Associated Press »
>
> Sprint has been taken over by Verizon? What relevance does Sprint have
> in a Verizon ng? None.

Furthermore, this is NOT news, and has ZERO to do with any recent news about
Sprint. Nextel was going to have to vacate those frequencies regardless.

The OP needs to read up a little bit before he starts gloating about this.

> Extraneous newsgroups flushed.

SPCS newsgroup added, and followups directed there as they should be.


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