[EAS] IP transmission of CAP Authority to form State Emerg. Comm. Committees

[Barry Mishkind]

At 12:22 PM 3/3/2011, ed.czarnecki at monroe-electronics.com wrote:
>Why do we keep equating CAP exclusively with terrestrial Internet? A considerable number of states have satellite or terrestrial wireless systems - either deployed or in development. 

        Because this is how FEMA and the FCC largely 
        explain it, both in what little is in print and 
        at the EAS meetings in LV.

>One case study  is the EMnet states - a not inconsequential block of states already have an upgradable capability to relay CAP directly via satellite or Internet. Satellite EAS penetration from that one system exists in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan.

        Not to be argumentative, but when a major storm
        or tornado comes through ... how much satellite 
        reception is there?  I know that it only takes
        a moderate rain for many to lose satellite TV.

>Even if satellite downlinks are not available to all, CAP can be sent directly via Internet to the remainder.  Should Internet fail, then legacy EAS can be used to retransmit from the satellite enabled stations.  Fairly elegant built in redundancy...

        But if the GMC validation is in the CAP, how
        do you validate - go to the reception desk
        and ask her to stamp your reception report?

>I'm not sure the threat of ISPs going down is completely convincing given the solutions that are already out there and can be brought into the mix.

        Yes, solutions are out there. But in many,
        if not most, places they are not in the mix.