FCC Takes Action Against WISPs That Interfered with FCC Weather Radar

Sean Donelan sean at donelan.com
Thu Aug 22 19:42:25 UTC 2019


I haven't been paying attention to the WISP market, so I'm not up to speed 
on these issues.


https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-proposes-fines-against-wisps-and-issues-warning-industry-0

The Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau today announced 
proposed fines and issued a formal industry warning related to devices 
that apparently caused interference to the Federal Aviation 
Administration’s terminal doppler weather radar station in San Juan, 
Puerto Rico. The Enforcement Bureau proposed three separate $25,000 fines 
against wireless Internet service providers Boom Solutions, Integra 
Wireless, and WinPR.

[...]

In addition to the proposed fines, the Bureau’s Enforcement Advisory 
warned operators, manufacturers, and marketers of Unlicensed National 
Information Infrastructure devices that these devices must be certified 
under FCC rules. Such devices that operate in the 5.25 GHz to 5.35 GHz and 
5.47 GHz to 5.725 GHz bands risk interfering with radar systems if not 
properly configured to share the spectrum

[...]


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