Then you should sue them for a violation of your god given broadband rights as a human being!
-----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 1:45 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ideas on Police Department Wireless Link from Station to Cruiser I strongly advise avoiding AT&T's 3G service. I haven't been impressed at all. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth." --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Jayson Baker <jay...@spectrasurf.com>wrote: > We currently do this for a local PD. They have 13 of those ruggedized Dell > laptops, mounted in all the cars. > We looked at 2.4GHz and 900MHz. Even though the town is only 5sqmi, we > decided to go with Verizon Aircards. > > Worked out well, because the laptops are tied directly into their CAD > system, which is tied into the whole state. > So now they could, theoretically, go anywhere in the state and be > dispatched > on a call, run plates/people through NCIC, etc. > > I believe that because of that, they actually got the state to pay for a > lot > of it. > > Sure, we don't make anything on the Verizon service, but we do on the > backend by tying their CAD into the Internet. > > Just something to keep in mind, if you have any sort of 3G service in that > area. > > Jayson > > On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com > >wrote: > > > I got a call Friday afternoon from the police chief of a small little > spot > > in the road asking about the possibility of connecting his cruisers to > the > > station network via a wireless link. (He is the "Police Chief" but I > > suspect he is also the entire police force) He said that the local > > Wal-Mart > > has agreed to donate to him a few of those little Acer 7" screen laptops, > > which are a big piece of crap from the number of repairs we've had to do > on > > them... Anyhow, he wants to be able to be in the cruiser and connect to > > the > > network back at the station and use the websites from the Attorney > > General's > > office where he can run plates, drivers license info and also fill out > his > > reports. > > > > > > > > Here's the setup.. > > > > > > > > This Burg is a bit less than 2 miles long and about one and a half miles > > wide. The town hall is equivalent to a 4 story building and they also > have > > a water tower that looks to be 100 foot tall. The terrain is flat as can > > be > > and they have the normal scattering of trees. The Town Hall and water > > tower > > are the tallest structures by far aside from a large grain elevator right > > outside of town. Boy wants to connect to his network anywhere in town > from > > his cop-mobile as well as when he is at home, also within the town. > > > > > > > > We've done plenty of private networks but it's all been in the 2.4 and > 5ghz > > band. He was thinking he could just throw up a 2.4ghz link and be good > but > > I told him to hold on, I didn't think he could broadcast the Attorney > > Generals network to every antenna in town, I had to do some research. So > > this, because of my utterly blatant laziness, is my research. J > > > > > > > > Has anyone been down this path? What can we do and not do? > > > > > > > > I have a meeting with the guy next Wednesday and want to have some idea > of > > what we're up against on this one. (Hopefully he doesn't recognize me as > > the guy who took him to court over a ticket he wrote for a crooked > license > > plate... I won that one by the way) > > > > > > > > Thanks for any help! > > > > > > > > Robert West > > > > Just Micro Digital Services Inc. > > > > 740-335-7020 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! 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