[EAS] Manual Relay and Immediacy

[Mike McCarthy]

Let me make this argument moot. I have said this all along: Relying on the
internet and commercial IP infrastructure for mission critical functions,
such as public safety, is a false sense of security. It's not the fiber
long lines I'm most concerned about in a national event. It's the various
local service providers, centers, NOC's, CO's, interconnect sites, and
their electronics which are the weak links across any number of hazards. 
Specifically, the last mile to various subscribers (AKA stations and cable
systems)

If we ever do get to an EAN, there is a very good chance the internet as
we know it will be degraded at minimum, and likely off line for a great
number of stations and cable systems. Even LP-1's and 2's located in metro
centers will likely be impacted. The only way into those areas will PEP
stations which can directly access the TX's and diversified satellite
services to other stations. But not all of them are LP-1's and 2's. Such
curtailment of the internet renders IPAW's and PEP significance in those
areas as irrelevant.

MM

On Sat, August 20, 2016 3:17 pm, Sean Donelan wrote:

> IPAWS doesn't currently support "live" streaming of messages. IPAWS
> distributes a recorded audio file, at high-speed. For a 2 minute NPT, the
> difference may not matter.  For a 30 minute EAN, the difference between a
>  "live" stream and a recorded audio file may make a difference.
>