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FirstNet will perennially offer their services to disaster response volunteers, such as Portland NET, prompting volunteers to ask PBEM to approve the requests. Our policy is '''''not''''' to approve those requests. | |||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
Occasionally a volunteer requests that PBEM provide a letter of authorization to purchase commercial access to cellular network priority for personal device(s) in case of disaster, when [https://youtu.be/5ZUaYJgnABQ the tubes] in public communication networks can become overwhelmed with data and voice traffic. Upon first examination, providing PBEM volunteers with access to reserved bandwidth makes sense because they are critical responders when emergencies occur. That is especially true after a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, which is expected to disable or at least significantly degrade communication systems. However, it's not that simple because that bandwidth is a limited resource. | Occasionally a volunteer requests that PBEM provide a letter of authorization to purchase commercial access to cellular network priority for personal device(s) in case of disaster, when [https://youtu.be/5ZUaYJgnABQ the tubes] in public communication networks can become overwhelmed with data and voice traffic. Upon first examination, providing PBEM volunteers with access to reserved bandwidth makes sense because they are critical responders when emergencies occur. That is especially true after a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, which is expected to disable or at least significantly degrade communication systems. However, it's not that simple because that bandwidth is a limited resource. | ||
