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Comments on news posted 2013-06-24 08:35:32: In September of 2011 the National Preparedness Group released a report stating that national U.S. emergency networks still aren't up to snuff a decade after the events of 9/11. ..


Mike Wolf
join:2009-05-24
Tuckerton, NJ

Mike Wolf

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Wish there was a way to fix this

I wish there was a way to stop all these backroom dealings and for once actually have an uncorrupted and legitimate organization like all this was supposed to be in the first place. I can't say I'm not surprised that corporations have screwed everything up.

exocet_cm
Writing
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join:2003-03-23
Brooklyn, NY

exocet_cm

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Great

Glad to know that me and my people are getting f**ked while some fat a$$ lines theirs already bloated pockets with more money.
tpkatl
join:2009-11-16
Dacula, GA

tpkatl

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Give Verizon a break!!

They're too busy handling call metadata to the NSA to concentrate on piddly little stuff like our emergency LTE network.

After all, they have to choose their priorities:

Sell out their customers?
or
Make more money by screwing up government contracts?

Selling out their customers takes less effort.

mb6
join:2000-07-23
Washington, NJ

mb6

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Fact of the Matter is

Big Business is Big Government, Capitalism ran amok...

skeechan
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join:2012-01-26
AA169|170

skeechan

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The government inept and corrupt...

...and corporations and their lobbyists line up at the taxpayer funded trough?

Say it ain't so Joe.
elefante72
join:2010-12-03
East Amherst, NY

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It doesn't make sense to build an overlay network. That would cost billions and is wasteful. It is easy enough to create a tag for ER networks and give them the highest priority. If they came up with a standard versus try to build one, and then that way they can choose the vendor (meeting the ANSI standard), and have a backup if needed. LTE chipsets are good enough now to handle multiple frequencies.

The issue is that once this happens the piss poor tower DRP will need to be updated and some redundancy will need to be built in, not to mention extended backup power not unlike POTS USED to be.

The government rarely builds these networks anyways, they are always going to be built by a private company anyways, so why not just admit it and do it right..

IowaCowboy
Lost in the Supermarket
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join:2010-10-16
Springfield, MA

IowaCowboy

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Third world emergency communications

Here, you are not getting true enhanced 911 unless you call from a landline (which is why I keep a landline). If you call 911 from a cell phone, you get the state police dispatch and you have to verbally identify the city or town you are calling from and they have to transfer you to the responding agency.

Heaven forbid that you went cell only and have a child who is not breathing and you cannot think clearly enough to give the location of the emergency.

While the cell infrastructure has been upgraded to transmit location information, not all state 911 systems have been upgraded to receive the GPS signals from cell phones.

A good 911 system is one call response that does not require you to be transferred and gives location information, no matter what phone service is used.

The carriers are not to blame, it's state and local governments that are operating 911 systems on outdated technology.
b10010011
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join:2004-09-07
united state

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Ham's are already doing it.

Broadband-Hamnet™ (formerly called HSMM-Mesh™) is a high speed, self discovering, self configuring, fault tolerant, wireless computer network that can run for days from a fully charged car battery, or indefinitely with the addition of a modest solar array or other supplemental power source. The focus is on emergency communications.

In its current form it is built using the Linksys WRT54G/GL/GS wireless routers and operates on channels 1-6 of the 2.4GHz ISM band, which overlaps with the upper portion of the 13cm amateur radio band. Other platforms and bands are in development at this time. Next will be Ubiquiti equipment with others supported as development resources permit.

Get a license »www.arrl.org/ham-radio-l ··· e-manual
Get involved »hsmm-mesh.org/

n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY

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Re: Wish there was a way to fix this

said by Mike Wolf:

I wish there was a way to stop all these backroom dealings and for once actually have an uncorrupted and legitimate organization like all this was supposed to be in the first place. I can't say I'm not surprised that corporations have screwed everything up.

Unfortunately the horses have left the starting gate. I often try to imagine how one would reasonably fix the corrupt society we now live in and I just cannot fathom a way to do it. Outside of a major disaster of a continent wide proportion that basically causes existing government institutions to collapse (along the line of Jericho or Revolution, which introduces its own problems), those that have secured their positions through backroom deals, government subsidies and cronyism will continue to rule over us. Various blue ribbon commissions and investigative committees will only nip at the heals without really solving anything.

Sorry to be such a downer but sometimes people need to understand how things really work.

buzz_4_20
join:2003-09-20
Dover, NH

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The problem is that money seems to be the only voice that is heard.

Being Right or Good doesn't seem to matter anymore.

Squire James
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Re: Fact of the Matter is

So is government or corporations, or both, to blame? I find it hard to blame one without the other.

I disagree that this is "capitalism ran amok". It is "corruption run amok". Without these government/corporate back-room deals, capitalism would do fine thank you! If you think socialism would somehow be less corruptible than capitalism, read up on the old Soviet Union.