[TrunkCom] while we are on the subject of encryption

[JETorres]

On Nov 6, 2006, at 2:55 PM, Scott Berringer wrote:

> Federal entities using ProVoice? Hmmm........ Okay. Considering all  
> the P-25 systems that are currently popping up on federal  
> installations across the country as we speak. But, if they say so.....


EXACTLY! I agree with that.

If that is the case with ProVoice then what the heck is the point of  
standards and open-source and trying to achieve "transparent"  
Interoperability? Plus as far as I know, all the money grants  
"raining" from Homeland Security do stipulate at least some P-25  
requirements in order to get the grants.

All reasons related to our hobby aside, this is some serious fraud,  
waste and abuse of tax payers money to allow so many proprietary AND  
incompatible technologies to be used as primary communications  
systems for Public Safety, especially with all the money, time and  
effort already spent NATIONWIDE on P25 related technology that will  
go down the drain and we all end up even worse than today as far as  
efficiently communicating during emergency events.

And as usual who gets it in the end? (no pun intended) The tax  
payers, who might possibly even pay with their lives when these  
egotistic agencies can't communicate during an emergency.......