Given the inherit instability of the internet (it was NEVER designed to do what we are doing with it), I would consider any communications system which is reliant upon the internet to be flawed by design and completely untrustworthy.
My two cents worth. From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of WA3GIN Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 6:23 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] dispatch centers run through the internet Yes, and they are called Intranets. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Custer<mailto:kug...@kuggie.com> To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] dispatch centers run through the internet The Internet is a shared medium. A private WAN/LAN commonly utilizes fiber optic cable or licensed wireless networking to accomplish connectivity. While private systems can deliver Internet, it is not (necessarily) THE Internet. Privately owned facilities like what many CATV, Phone, Internet, and combinations of them can have dark fiber or reserved virtual space that cannot get clogged with Internet overhead. The bottlenecking you might experience with facilities you cannot (do not) control can (will) be the downfall of such a system - unless a SLA can be gotten. A SLA is a service level agreement in which a company guarantees connectivity - to some degree. The more reliability the agreement extends - the higher the cost. Kevin Custer > Jed Barton wrote: > tell me about this system a little bit. > > > You'll note that the manufacturer is not suggesting that you utilize the > Internet for this device. It is marketed for use on a private LAN/WAN. > > Chuck > WB2EDV
