AT&T plans to participate in the emergency alert system (EAS) as ...
AT&T plans to participate in the emergency alert system (EAS) as an IP video provider, but “technical challenges remain,” company officials told FCC Comr. Tate in an ex parte meeting last week. “IP video is still a nascent technology…
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and technical challenges remain in implementing EAS over this technology,” AT&T Senior Vp Bob Quinn and Vp Thomas Hughes told Tate and legal adviser Aaron Goldberger. “AT&T is working with vendors to develop the appropriate equipment due to the fact that only a limited set of current EAS system receivers provide alert information in IP format,” A report on the Aug. 16 meeting said: “In addition, AT&T’s IP video vendors have not yet developed the proxy server capability to route EAS messages to the appropriate end user.” Due to these technical “challenges,” the FCC should ensure there’s “sufficient time to allow implementation,” AT&T said, suggesting no deadlines earlier than Dec. 31, 2007. AT&T also urged the agency not to “unduly restrict the manner in which IP service providers distribute and display emergency information or that otherwise restrict innovation in this area.”