AT&T Wireless responds to UCAN interference complaint
AT&T Wireless appears to be ready to take steps that may mitigate radio interference reported by the Utah Communications Agency Network in Sandy, UT.
Walter Miller, the city attorney in Sandy, organized a conference call with UCAN and AT&T officials that he said resulted in the cellular carrier preparing to try some options within a day or two. On May 29, UCAN reported that both Motorola and UCAN had made suggestions for a remedy, and that UCAN had asked AT&T to try reducing power, change antennas and alter the channels in use.
In a written report, a UCAN representative said that AT&T had responded that it was operating legally, that the interference “was not AT&T’s,” and that the fault lay in the Motorola equipment used by public safety agencies.
For his part, Miller said that AT&T had been “very nice” and “cooperative” about the interference problem. He downplayed his office’s involvement as a factor in an apparent turnaround in the cellular carrier’s level of participation in solving the problem.
No one was available for comment in the AT&T Wireless’ national office or its West Coast office that is handling the interference complaint, nor was a spokesperson available in the UCAN office in Salt Lake City.
