First Responder Networks 5 Years After 9/11

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday September 5, 2006 @03:48AM 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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trolls in action by neonprimetime · 2006-09-05 04:13 · Score: 0, Troll

Stay inside your cubicles and be forwarned, the government hating trolls are at it again, and again, and again ... and I'm certian there's more to come.
Re:Where our tax dollars are going... by TheDarkener · 2006-09-05 05:09 · Score: 0, Troll

Ok, your theory might be true for the FIRST plane...but how about the second one (or third or fourth?), more than 15 minutes after the first plane who mysteriously went off track flew INTO A *$&#ING BUILDING..?

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