[MilCom] Responders' lack of spectrum 'cost lives'

[Mac McCormick III]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MJ Cleary" <mjcleary at bellsouth.net>
>I knew this would stir the pot! The idea that this death and human 
>suffering can be attributed to "lack of spectrum" is ridiculous. If City of 
>New Orleans officials had all the spectrum in the world and a dream radio 
>setup it would just be sitting under water with all those busses. 
>Technology cannot make up for poor planning and incompetent leadership.

    Let's utilize what we have and train people to use what we
    have instead of giving them more that is going to be used
    improperly!  How often are there ways to interop that don't
    get used?

    Everytime there is a tragedy like this, you are going to have
    politicians and lobbyists throwing digital TV and digital radio
    on the table along with spectrum (as we see in this article).
    The motivation behind it is not the safety and security of the
    nation, the motivation is pure and simple greed.  They use
    tragedy as the justification of doing things that force the
    public and government into buying new equipment, lining
    the pockets of the manufacturers, lobbyists, policiticians, and
    bureaucrats who are promoting the changes.


Mac McCormick                      "Green Comms Suck"
Savannah, GA
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