Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Did Someone Call Nextel's Plan A "Scam" (Dated)

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 17:44:22 -0400

Letters

Mobile Radio Technology, Apr 1, 2002
‘Where is the FCC in the midst of all this
Nextel controversy?’

I congratulate MRT on its continued
dissection of the Nextel shenanigans.
The February 2002 edition totally
“knocked the ball out of the park,” so to
speak.

Anyone with half a brain can see that
Nextel's 800MHz plan is just what it
appears to be: a scam to get more
bandwidth, higher market value and
culpable deniability for Nextel's
atrocious and illegal interference with
public safety and business wireless
operations.

Throughout all this, though, one must
ask the question “Where is the FCC's
dreaded Enforcement Division?” Is the
era of Michael Powell one of “turn the
other cheek,” or “turn a blind eye?” Is it
reminiscent of Clinton's nefarious “Don't
ask, don't tell?”

The FCC will be the first to jump on
shortwave “pirate” radio stations,
non-compliant ham radio operators or
CB'ers and punish through equipment
confiscation and heavy fines. Yet, where
is the FCC in the midst of all this Nextel
controversy? Have they been bought off
by Nextel kick backs? What happened to
the unwritten rule of “He/she who
causes interference must fix the
problem?”

“Where's the beef,” or the FCC for that
matter?

The FCC needs to start doing its job, or
else admit to the public that it is truly a
“paper tiger.”

Chairman Powell, it is “put up or shut
up” time. Either step up to the plate or go
home and eat cookies with your Nextel
playmates.

Keep up the great work, MRT.— D.
Loren Fields,N1UMFAugusta, Maine

Nextel issues

Great article (“Dealing with a Rude
Neighbor,” MRT, February 2002)
covering the past and present issues at
hand with Nextel and its dedicated,
well-known Form 600/601 printing
press. Does Nextel's IDEN system,
developed by Motorola, stand for Nextel
“Interference Denying Every Neighbor” of
reliable communications? Great
reading.— David W. MoriartyProject
Manager-Communications
SystemsHNTB

http://iwce-mrt.com/ar/radio_letters/

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