Las Vegas, NV - Find funds for narrowbanding or face possible consequences

[Thunderbolt]

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Fire chiefs and other public-safety leaders must upgrade their radio systems to meet the Federal Communications Commission’s narrowbanding mandate by Jan. 1, 2013, or face fines, warned Rick Smith, president of RS Consultants, during a session about incident command communications at the International Wireless Communications Expo. Many leaders have lobbied for a deadline extension because of economic woes, but the FCC has stated that it will not extend the deadline. So agencies must find the money to upgrade or fully replace their systems —including repeaters, mobiles and portables, and base stations — to be narrowband-compliant.

Find funds for narrowbanding or face possible consequences, panelist says -- Urgent Communications article

 

[dgower]

Gee, what would we do without consultants. Even though he's right, we do have to NB by 2013, it's still funny to read an article about a consultant, giving a talk that suggests hiring more consultants.

I'm so sick of consultants, sorry about the rant.

 

[KB1UAM]

RS better not be short for Radio Shack!