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Recognizing What the NII Is, What It Needs, and How to Get It
Recognizing What the NII Is, What It Needs, and How to Get It
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For example, the ability of our schools to offer students a rich experience and access to a broader information base often runs up against the fact that most schools are not currently wired for telecommunications and computing, and that wiring these schools may pose the risk of exposure to asbestos or the expense of extensive renovation and removal operations. Wireless telecommunications and computing offer, in these cases, more cost-effective and efficient alternatives to wired systems [1]
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As the number of subscribers increases, the number of cell sites must likewise increase In order to meet demand and preserve service quality. Another 15,000 cell sites may be required for cellular systems alone in the next 10 years, based on Me projections of Barry Goodstadt of EDS Management Consulting that cellular might achieve subscriber levels between 38.2 million and 55.1 million by 2006 [71.
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Dunng the FCC's PCS proceeding, would-be licensees estimated that they would have to construct between four and seven cell sites in order to provide coverage identical to that of one cellular cell site [9]
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(On the other hand, the number of sites may be lower if operators obtain multiple licenses in a single market, such Mat an MIA licensee also holds a BTA license in each of its component markets and Hereby simply increases its available spectrum resource to 40 MHz across its service area.) Assuming that the MIA and BTA licensees' coverage requirement can be used to derive a ratio for cell site construction, we can make He following projections: .
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Wheeler, president and chief executive officer of CMA, wrote to FCC Chairman Reed Hundt, waning Hat Ubiquitous wireless service including wireless service to schools, libraries, and public safety agencies requires ubiquitous cell sites. Too often the process of building He wireless network is
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has supported rural medical services in the form of airtime contributions to the Sioux Valley Hospital Outreach Program of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. [61 See letter dated December 23, 1994, from Randall S
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40:55D-70~1) to the Application of Pennsylvania Cellular Telephone Corporation Seeking Approval for the Erection of a Cellular Telephone Tower on Block 2003, Lot 14.01, on the Blairstown Township Tax Map Application Z13-2-94," pp.
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