Philly Radio System Has On-Going Problems

A long story in the Philadelphia (Penn.) Daily News recounts the construction of the city’s police-fire radio system in 2002, and that there have been major on-going problems with the $62 million Motorola system ever since. The story lays out several examples of complete outages, along with a failure of the city to fix problems identified in a 2005 audit. The 800 MHz trunked radio system reportedly has dead spots throughout the city, and less-then-good in-building coverage. Read the story here, a failure timeline here, and about needed upgrades here.” target=”_blank”>here. Update: The same newspaper has published another trio of stories about the fire department and housing authority using the radios. Find the first article here, and then check “Related Stores” for more.