From: telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org   
      
   By Shiva Stella   
      
   August 31, 2021   
      
   Yesterday, Public Knowledge, Access Humboldt, Benton Institute for   
   Broadband and Society, Center for Rural Strategies, and New America's   
   Open Technology Institute filed comments in response to the Federal   
   Communications Commission's Public Notice seeking comment on a petition   
   for emergency relief filed by the Alarm Industry Communications Committee.   
      
   The petition for emergency relief requests the FCC act to delay the   
   planned shutdown of AT&T's 3G wireless network in February 2022 because   
   security, fire, and personal medical alert systems all rely upon it to   
   function. Because of COVID-19, the alarm industry has not been able to   
   upgrade these systems to function on modern wireless networks. Without   
   intervention from the FCC, the shutdown of AT&T's 3G network threatens   
   to leave some unknown number of alarm systems inoperable. In addition,   
   an unsupervised shutdown of 3G systems by major carriers nationwide puts   
   the phone service of millions of Americans - many of them elderly or   
   low-income - at risk.   
      
   https://www.publicknowledge.org/press-release/public-knowledge-c   
   lls-on-fcc-to-oversee-3g-sunset/   
      
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