WillHaeck
join:2002-01-20
Monroe, WA | Throw some of that fiber this way plz...
I wouldn't mind having some of that fiber... Yeah but sounds like a cool thing, it always sucks when you hear about the little kids getting kidnapped, the more we can do the stop it the better. |
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hroo772
Darkness Fears Me
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join:2002-04-05
Mclean, VA
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| Waste of Fiber
I think that this is a waste of fiber just to be used for the amber alert system. I do think this system is very good but a simple text alert doesn't need a fiber and total cisco ip telephony system.
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justanutter1
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| Why doesn't this self serving post surprise me?
OK...
SOme moronic network admin in NOVA now wishes us to all realize that he/she has subscribed every employee in the town to the amber alert system. Well there's a great idea, now every town employee will be alerted every time some kid in SoCal takes a hike from home.
Please don't take this wrong. I was raised by three fine young people and I sincerely do believe the amber alert system is a wonderful idea. Refinements are necessary, as for example, it is bloody unlikely that two hours after a kidnapping in SoCal we are going to see the kidnapper and the kid in New York... but it is a good system and it has done good.
Still, Herndon... get a life, please. |
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state
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join:2002-02-08
Hampton, VA
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| Actually, the article indicates the system is supposed to relay information for the Herndon region. Seems like a great idea, why not make good use of your infrastructure?
said by »www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0225amber.html:
According to Ashton, the system works as follows: the town of Herndon’s network receives alerts from codeamber.org, an Internet clearinghouse for national missing-child news. The network filters the alerts through a database to cull out information of interest to the Herndon region, and news of relevant cases are sent to municipal employees’ Cisco IP phones. The phones ring with a distinctive tone that sounds like a siren, and, within seconds, text messages appear on the phones’ screens. In turn, employees can quickly call up photos of victims and suspects, and other pertinent information.
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rbb
join:2000-09-17
Fairfax Station, VA
| reply to justanutter1
said by justanutter1:
OK...
SOme moronic network admin in NOVA now wishes us to all realize that he/she has subscribed every employee in the town to the amber alert system. Well there's a great idea, now every town employee will be alerted every time some kid in SoCal takes a hike from home.
Go back and RTF article. It says right in there that the alerts are FILTERED and the RELEVANT ones are passed on. I don't know about you, but, that says to me that they would filter the ones from SoCal out by say a simple zip code check... |
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jester121
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join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL
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Re: Waste of Fiber
Hearndon is wired to a ridiculous extent, as is the whole area surrounding Dulles. AOL has (had?) their HQ there, and that's where nearly all the pre-bubble-burst hosting providers were based.
I'm not sure how they were affected by the downturn or if they're back on the upswing, but there were many thousands square feet of empty, cheap, wired to the teeth office buildings available. |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | reply to justanutter1
Re: Why doesn't this self serving post surprise me
As I read the article, It said that the information regarding the missing children would be passed to employees in the nearby area of the disappearance. A great idea. |
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Smokey
Even drunk on a bet ya make it to Canada
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join:2003-05-20
Va Beach
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Re: Waste of Fiber
Don't forget our friends in the CIA!! |
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kg4icg
join:2003-11-16
Herndon, VA
| CIA is in Langley,Va which is a section of McLean, Va near the intersection of Rte 123 and GW Parkway, about 15 miles from the Dulles Tech Corridor where Herndon and Dulles airport and USCustoms and the DEA and INS Field offices are located. What towns do with there fiber installations that they paid for is there buisness. Oh by the way it's not a waste of fiber since you can pipe a whole lot more information thru it then you can thru copper because the light pulses can be coded.;).
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bistro777
Donuts-Is There Anything They Can't Do?
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join:2002-02-07
Englewood, CO
| reply to justanutter1
Re: Why doesn't this self serving post surprise me?
Gezzz, Louise - who squatted in your fruitloops? And as others have already pointed-out, read the entire article before pontificating about it, will ya? Also, you must not pay property taxes - otherwise you'd applaud any town initiative that saved taxpayers some money - I know I would in my town...
BTW, the article kinda makes Herndon sound like some "lost in the woods village" somewhere outside DC. But it's the last stop on the Dulles Tech Corridor (now "Duller" Tech Corridor) before you reach Dulles Airport, and the Herndon/Reston area is dotted with offices of companies like Road Runner (HQ), Savvis, Nextel, EDS, AOL, XO, Cable & Wireless, a gazillon govmt. contractors, etc. etc. etc. Take a look someday at fiber maps from Level(3), Qwest, MFN, WCOM, etc. and you'll see just how dense the fiber footprint is in that area...
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