[EAS] Getting rid of the daisy chain

[Alex Hartman]

>        A Ku satellite feed from DC would
>        instantly solve things for 95% of
>        the country ... at a very cheap
>        price. Yes, a few stations would
>        have reception difficulties in
>        the midst of big storms. Surprise.
>        The big problem in the minds of
>        the feds, is that would be a one-way
>        system... they would not have data
>        on every station polling them every
>        few minutes.

95% on a "new system" when the "old system" reaches 99.5% of america?
Seems like a step backwards if you ask me, and totally unacceptable.
For this to work, it has to be a five-9's system.

Hell, let the military build it, not politicians.

As for a one-way system. CAP is capable of bi-directionality, if it
was so imposed. The beauty of data networks. All you have to do is
tell them it'll be like their Crackberry at the end of the day, they'd
probably sign off on it.

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Alex Hartman