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AT&T-Run FirstNet More Generally Available to First Responders

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Mark_S

Jun 12, 2018, 10:52 AM
This is a great help for disaster response.
Sincerely wish this was available on 9/11/2001.
Cell service was still in a more basic stage at that time and all the frequencies and circuits were jammed.
A separate LTE band 14 (FirstNet) through AT&T will be a truly great help!!!!!!!!!
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cellphonesaretools

Jun 13, 2018, 9:21 AM
Remember in the first few days after the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, regular telephone and regular cellular service was out, but Nextel's push-to-talk (PTT) was still functioning?

I recall Nextel loaned something like 5,000 of their PTT phones to officials, first-responders, many even went to Verizon and AT&T repair technicians so they could communicate with each other while repairing their damaged systems. After a few days they began to restore regular telephone & cellular service, but for that first, ultra-critical period, good old Nextel iDEN PTT carried the day.

The Smithsonian even put Rudy Giuliani's Nextel phone in their 9/11 museum display:
http://amhistory.si.edu/september11/collection/recor ... »
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