Fire Island Battle Forces Exam of Whether Wireless Equal to Traditional Phone Service, Officials Say

摘要

As the fight continues over Verizon’s plan to rebuild its network on Fire Island destroyed duringnsuperstorm Sandy using wireless infrastructure, one big question that arises is what’s wrong with wirelessnanyway as an alternative to the plain old telephone service. With small carriers across the U.S. deployingnwireless-only systems and larger carriers making wireless a big part of their Internet Protocol transitionnplans, some industry observers are asking if the FCC needs to change its regulatory worldview of wirelessnsubstitution. The FCC Wireline Bureau opted earlier in August not to "automatically" grant Verizon'snCommunications Act Section 214 petition (STRR Aug 16 p1) to discontinue domestic phone services, butnto instead request additional data from Verizon.