Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Fatal Chase - Digital Versus Analog

From: Marcel <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 17:57:29 -0500

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From: John Powell <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re:  Fatal Chase - Digital Versus Analog

One needs to remember that the cost curve for analog vs. digital is fast 
approaching equilibrium.  At the point that analog costs three times as 
much as digital and is only available from a few sources without the rugged 
features we require for public safety radios, those still on analog will be 
up against some pretty major decisions on their systems' futures.

John Powell

At 03:44 PM 1/26/2003 -0800, Random Noise wrote:
>I disagree.  It seems to me that the problem isn't a
>failure of people trying to understand P25, it is
>people not knowing why they should switch.
>
>The tone of what you posted seems to suggest that
>people should switch to digital because it's new and
>improved and that's what everyone else is doing.
>Since that is what everyone else is doing we need a
>standard and P25 is that standard.
>
>I don't have the luxury of a budget that would allow
>me to switch for those reasons.  The switch to digital
>must either solve a problem or provide an outstanding
>new feature that justifies the cost.

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