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U.S. Department of
Transportation
Research and Innovative
Technology Administration
§City faced with 10-15% cuts in
operations budget
§Leased phone contract
to reach 70 ‘last mile’ signals costing $21K/month
§Existing phone
lines did not have capacity for video, or would need
upgrading at higher monthly costs
§For years, the TMC was
looking for better solutions to the “last mile” of communications but not finding systems that met
needs.
The Communications Challenge