Boy, where to begin. First, I'd check with the insurance carrier regarding your proposal to locate dispatch in a private home. I can see all sorts of snarled lawsuits when something goes wrong. Maybe someone loosing their home in the suit as well.
>From a technical standpoint, you need redundancy. If you are bent on using the Internet, make sure you also have a backup path, like some type of RF system. Can you afford to not be able to dispatch for hours when the Internet goes down because a car crashed into a pole, taking the lines down that were your Internet connection, and the occupants are bleeding to death, but the dispatcher can't dispatch the call? I'll stop here. Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jed Barton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 4:03 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] dispatch centers run through the internet > Hey guys, > I am working on a project and am wondering if anyone has done this. > Here's the proposal, to setup a dispatch center for an FD, where the > dispatchers can sit at home and work the entire thing. > This is not a very busy department, that's why they thought it would be > good > to do it. > I've done a lot of research, and it can certainly be done. > This obviously brings up a lot of debate for a number of reasons. In > looking at it though, the relyability of the net is very good compared to > a > verizon phone line. > Curious if anyone has done something like this before. > For the phone system, we'reusing a virtual phone system that has proven > relyability. > > Thanks, > Jed > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.124/2599 - Release Date: 01/04/10 03:24:00
