scrotumola
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It seems like the days of City Public Service Energy's Motorola Type IIi system are numbered.
Seen yesterday were crews with cheap-looking motorola i325 IS, an FRS/Nextel hybrid looking radio.
Closer inspection revealed a SIM card and confirmation of intrinsically safe seals and battery. The radio not only looks cheap, but feels cheap-like a VERY lightweight FRS toy/disposable radio. The radio says IDEN on it (UGH!) and appears to have talk groups similar to the old system. From what I heard of the group, they act like nextels, complete with direct connect, group connect and phone interconnect functions.
There was some grumbling about alot of major dead spots with the new radios, but that other service centers were still using the old system which leads me to believe that the entire system has not been cut-over, meaning not all sites are populated with IDEN technology.
Of course this is CPSE and /\/\otorola so we know it came with a hefty pricetag.
Seen yesterday were crews with cheap-looking motorola i325 IS, an FRS/Nextel hybrid looking radio.
Closer inspection revealed a SIM card and confirmation of intrinsically safe seals and battery. The radio not only looks cheap, but feels cheap-like a VERY lightweight FRS toy/disposable radio. The radio says IDEN on it (UGH!) and appears to have talk groups similar to the old system. From what I heard of the group, they act like nextels, complete with direct connect, group connect and phone interconnect functions.
There was some grumbling about alot of major dead spots with the new radios, but that other service centers were still using the old system which leads me to believe that the entire system has not been cut-over, meaning not all sites are populated with IDEN technology.
Of course this is CPSE and /\/\otorola so we know it came with a hefty pricetag.