| OMB slaps down FCC "power backup for cell tower" rules »tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20081201/···wers_fcc
Federal regulators have rejected proposed changes by the Federal Communications Commission that would require all U.S. cell phone towers to have at least eight hours of backup power.
The White House Office of Management and Budget said late Friday that the FCC failed to get public comment before passing the regulations last year and didn't show that the information required from wireless companies would actually be useful.
A federal appeals court put the rules on hold this summer pending a review by the OMB, which is tasked with overseeing federal regulations.
FCC officials said they were considering their options, which could include changing the proposed regulations or voting to override the OMB's decision. The court would still have to rule before any regulations went into effect. The courts and other overseeing regulators have consistently shot down the FCC's overreaching regulations.
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 NOCManMacChatterPremium
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Colorado Springs, CO | Carriers should already be doing this. Many however do not.
Expect the costs to be passed on to the consumers. |
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| They should be doing it but they should not be forced to do it. |
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| Do you know how many batteries will be needed for 8 hours of back up power? With today’s technology 8 hour back up will double or triple the size of a cell cabinet. I can barely get my laptop to work for 2 hours unplugged and it uses half a percent of what a small cell cabinet uses. |
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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| I didn't say it required 8 hours of Battery backup. Just backup. To me that suggests more that it would require a Generator with at least 8 hours of fuel.
That would be a pretty expensive proposition for every cell tower, however.
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