But some companies mad a BOODLE, no doubt!
If they can't get these radios right after SIX FUCKING YEARS, how "REAL" can the "war on terror" be, readers?!
Pfffffftttttt!!!!!
"New Police Radio System in New York State Draws Scrutiny" by JOHN SULLIVAN and AL BAKER
A $2 billion emergency radio network intended to connect all emergency agencies and local police and fire departments in New York State has failed its first major test, prompting concerns from some state officials and causing the state’s second largest city, Buffalo, to opt out of the system.
Buffalo Fire Commissioner Michael Lombardo said last week:
“West of the center of the city we had zero reception. [In the areas that did receive transmissions], it sounded like a guy was talking in a tin can.”
An upgrade for the state’s antiquated emergency radio network had been in the planning stage since the 1990s, but the project took on new urgency after the Sept. 11 attacks. The project, known as the Statewide Wireless Network, will be designed so that even cities that do not directly participate in the project, like New York City, will be able to connect with the system.
And six years later?
The contract drew criticism when it was awarded by the Pataki administration, with some lawmakers questioning whether M/A-Com had the track record to handle the job.
Michael R. Summers, president of the union representing sheriff’s deputies in Erie County, said he thought the system might have been pushed into service too soon and the radios worked in some areas but received no reception in others:
“There were spots where we could not communicate with each other. We would move 10 feet up the road, and it would work.”
Isn't that just great!
Another fucking WASTE of MONEY on some FASCIST BOONDOGGLE over a LIE of a "threat!"
