A government plan to build a nationwide emergency communications network using private money and public airwaves flopped earlier this year when investors stayed away in droves.
On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission was trying again, this time in the midst of a full-blown economic crisis.
The commission was scheduled to vote on a tentative plan that makes the idea more palatable to potential investors _ perhaps too palatable, some say.
The proposed network would be used by police, firefighters and other emergency crews responding to disasters or terrorist attacks.
The basic concept is unchanged, according to people familiar …
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