voipdabbler
join:2006-04-27
Kalispell, MT
| reply to fuzzies
Yes, I'd say there may be server issues.
Having moved to a rural area in the Rockies after living on the East coast for several decades, I think price will be the biggest issue for its adoption. Satellite phone communications are extremely expensive, given the cost of developing and launching the bird(s). Most rural areas have much lower median incomes since, unfortunately, the majority of jobs are in or near urban areas. (An even bigger percentage of rural jobs are minimum wage than in urban ares, which is saying a lot these days.) This will just be too pricey for most rural residents. (Plus the tax base isn't as robust as counties with large urban areas so don't expect first responders in rural areas to have the funds to subscribe to this type of service. You can't wring blood from a turnip and rural counties just don't have the tax base for this type of luxury. Those unfortunate counties with a large federal presence--say National Forest Service--have the added joy of a deadbeat property owner--Uncle Sam--who's exempted himself from paying state taxes by virtue of sovereign immunity--90 percent of my county is occupied by a national forest and the county doesn't collect any property tax on it--the remaining 10 percent of us are responsible for all the property taxes to run the county schools and provide all other services, including snow removal on roads, which the NFS has the benefit of using.) Believe it or not, radio communications between field responders and FD/PD HQs work just fine in my mountainous area, but then there are scattered FD stations with radios as well as a mobile command center. (All see plenty of use during fire season in the summer.) |
