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Consumer Groups Hold Network Outage Against AT&T in Spectrum Battle

The outage also took FirstNet offline -- evidence, the groups say, of the ease with which the band could be put to commercial use.

Jake Neenan

Aug 12, 2024 — 2 min read

Photo by Jude Wilson

WASHINGTON, Aug 12, 2024 – A major network outage is being held against AT&T in the ongoing battle over access to airwaves set aside for public safety organizations.

Consumer advocacy groups again asked Federal Communications Commission staff last week not to allocate spectrum to FirstNet, the nationwide first responder network operated by AT&T, arguing the move would amount to a windfall for the carrier.

This time, they pointed to an agency report on the company’s February 2024 outage that blocked more than 92 million calls.

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