Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Re: Digital radios: A new calling plan

From: "ka1jfy" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 17:29:27 -0000

They're using COMMERCIAL backbone to carry Public Safety traffic?
Are they insane?
Are there QOS guarantees in place?
Does EVERY link in the chain have extended backup power?
Are there alternate routes/loop protection?

Sounds like the bean counters are at it again!

Walter 

--- In [email-masked], NEXTEL-1 wrote:
> Digital radios: A new calling plan
> 
> Forest Service officials are looking for ways to save money. Instead of
> incurring the installation and maintenance expense of connecting base
> stations or repeaters using microwave links, as in an analog network,
> the Forest Service will send data via the IP network. The voice-over-IP
> segment runs on T1 services the Forest Service subscribes to from
> commercial telecom providers.
> 
> "With microwave, I'd have to build [the towers] and support it with
> Forest Service personnel," Field said. "Now, with the commercial
> architecture, I can avoid those costs and just buy service on a monthly
> basis. So the number of sites on my radio backbone continues to grow,
> but the complexity of my backbone is decreasing because of my
> elimination of microwave."

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