[TrunkCom] EDACS phase out

Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:31:52 -0500 (EST)

The other system you forgot is the Consumer's Energy system which was
switched from Motorola to EDACS about a year ago.  Now, iappears to be
EDACS all across Michigan, and what about Electric Power?  I don't know
where they are in terms of instaalation, but that was to cover five
states.

On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Lindsay C. Blanton wrote:

> What about the two VERY large EDACS systems that are currently in the
> deployment phase?
> 
> 1.  State of Florida 
> 2.  San Antonio City System
> 
> EDACS isn't dead by a long shot.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian J Cathcart [mailto:[email protected]] 
> > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 4:46 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [TrunkCom] EDACS phase out
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 16:01:45 -0500 iDEN-Test Port-Marcelrf
> > <[email protected]> writes:
> > > Look at the Yankee Group (www.yankeegroup.com) report on public 
> > > safety systems or The National Law Enforcement and Corrections
> > Technology 
> > > Center (NLECTC) report.  Both reports note the demise of 
> > EWAC systems.
> > The 
> > > Yankee Group expects less than 9% of new systems will be 
> > EWACS. Based 
> > on a 
> > > 2000 survey of Law Enforcement agencies they predict digital systems
> > will 
> > > phase of EWACS totally. Read it yourself it is all there in B&W.
> > 
> > I did a search on that page for EDACS and nothing came up.  
> > Can you post
> > a link to the article that states this?
> > 
> > Even with a phase out I can still monitor them now with my 
> > scanner, and
> > for a few years at least.  I can monitor Dade County, Hollywood,
> > Hillsborough County, Indian River County, Volusia County, 
> > Brevard County,
> > Denver, etc, just to name a few.  Can't do that with an Astro.
> > 
> > It's EDACS not EWACS.
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > The Scanner Dude
> > Brian J. Cathcart - KE4PMJ
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