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First Responder Networks 5 Years After 9/11

Posted by kdawson on from the wire-them-all-together dept.

stinkymountain writes, "Five years after 9/11, you'd think all of the nation's first responders would be on a state-of-the-art wireless network that would enable police, fire and other emergency personnel to talk to each other in case of a disaster. But they're not -- yet. Network World ran an investigative piece sketching why progress has been so slow, and describing the progress that has been made." The article leads off with a scenario that represents the toughest possible test for a first-responder network. Even the best imaginable networked system might bog down in the midst of "fog of war" situations.

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  1. Bones that see a word, bones that don't by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Your eyes the one that sees the word, your butt's the one that don't!!!!

    This is the single-most intelligent thing said on Slashdot, evar!

  2. Re:trolls in action by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So pointing out repeated and useless waste of billions of dollars is being a troll?

  3. Re:trolls in action by neonprimetime · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Labelling all your enemies trolls is about as stupid as you can get

    You're blaming me for using a tool that your lib /. friends abuse all the time. Those lib moderators literally comb the posts, looking for conservative comments, then go back and not only mark that comment a troll, but all travel to your user page and purposely troll down every comment you've made recently, no matter what the topic. So blaming me for calling you a troll is highly hypocritical considering you probably turned around a just modded my recent comments troll.

  4. Re:trolls in action by neonprimetime · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They are sacrificing any future we may have for this country on the altar of "safety" and "security"

    I can't resist asking: What future will we have if we are not safe and secure? I totally agree with you that the large government wastes more money than than we could ever imagine, and there are many flaws in the system, but what our country needs more now than ever is a sense of "one-ness" and "loyalty" to the land we love. Yet, everybody, including you & me, seem to so divided on the most obvious item, protecting our home land.