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Wi-Fi VoIP At 80 mph

Posted by timothy on from the 130-km/h-in-mexico dept.

fredo123 writes "Almost faster than a speeding bullet. As reported in Muniwireless minutes ago, RoamAD and WI-VOD have tested mobile VOIP over Wi-Fi at over 130 Km/h over an 8km stretch of Interstate highway somewhere near the Mexican border. Gee... I wonder what this is for?" No need to guess: according to the MuniWireless link, "the network is for public safety personnel (police, fire, ambulance and border patrol) first, with various community agencies, schools, business and local residents being added as the deployment expands beyond its targeted coverage areas."

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  1. ...why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why not just get them normal cell phones or something?

  2. Redundancy by div_2n · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The more modes of communication that law enforcements have available the better. I don't see why you would think that having one more is a bad thing. Remember that during 9/11 and the recent hurricanes that it was ham radio operators that did most of the communicating.