FCC may revamp emergency alert system.(Federal Communications Commission)
Multichannel News, November, 2004 by Maffei, Glenn
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission, faced with an Emergency Alert System it believes could be out-dated and inconsistent, has solicited ideas as to how the system might be revamped. The National Cable & Telecommunications Association agreed with the FCC that the system--which sometimes varies from town to town and state to state--is too patch-work and needs a universal set of federal guidelines for responding to emergencies.
But the NCTA also said that in most cases, the current system can be upgraded "and therefore should not be displaced prematurely by any new public warn ing system." Over the past six years, the cable industry has invested about $100 million in EAS technology, as the FCC brought cable systems fully into the...
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