Washington, D.C., public-safety organizations announced a letter asking President Bush to support a Consensus Plan developed by first-responder organizations and private wireless companies that would reduce or eliminate 800MHz radio interference. The intermingling of the 800MHz spectrum with commercial wireless operators causes radio interference that has reached a critical level in more than 30 states. The Plan proposes to realign the 800MHz spectrum to give public safety its own portion of bandwidth free from interference. View the Project Consensus site at http://www.consensusplan.org/plugin/template/consensus/Welcome/* and the proposal at http://www.iafc.org/downloads/Consensus%20Plan%20Background.pdf

Article formerly posted at https://www.hsdl.org/blog/newpost/view/s_282