Well... why not? GMRS radio, and the use of GMRS repeaters is an efficient and reliable means of communications. However, the range that a repeater can cover depends greatly on transmit power, antenna elevation, and terrain. Some repeaters have a very large "footprint" of coverage, whereas others have very little. By connecting repeaters together using IP (Internet Protocol), we can expand the coverage allowing for wide area two-way radio communications. Someone in south Texas could talk to someone in Dallas... someone in Lubbock could talk to someone in Houston... etc.
We are using a very reliable, and well tested platform that is written on the Asterisk VoIP platform. The protocol was originally written by and for Amateur Radio operators to link their repeaters together. We have taken the same software and hardware and are doing the same thing with GMRS repeaters. The system that Amateur Radio operators use this with is called Allstar Link.
We currently have repeaters located at several tower sites in the Houston area. The current sites allow us to have coverage in the southeast side of downtown, extending southwest in to Brazoria County, and east in to Chambers County. You can take a look at our current repeater coverage maps for more details.
We are actively pursuing additional repeater sites, and plan to add more in the near future. Additionally, we welcome any current repeater owners interested in adding their existing repeaters in to the network to contact us. We will provide you with the necessary hardware required to get your system online. All that's required is broadband Internet connectivity (DSL/Cable) at the repeater site, either hardwired (Ethernet) or wireless (WiFi) will work. That's it, we'll do the rest!
Not at all. We don't intend for all the repeaters on the network to always be linked together. Additionally, you as the repeater owner, have the ultimate control over which repeaters are linked to yours, and when they're linked. We will provide you with access to allow you to activate and deactivate links as necessary. Contact us for more information.
Perfect! Get in touch with us and we will assist you with getting your repeater setup on the network. We'll even provide the necessary hardware components required to do so. Contact us for additional details.
A repeater is a device that retransmits a received signal with more power and to an extended geographical or topological boundary than what would be capable with the original signal.
VOIP is an acronym for Voice Over Internet Protocol, or in more common terms phone service over the Internet.If you have a reasonable quality Internet connection you can get phone service delivered through your Internet connection instead of from your local phone company.
More information: https://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/What+is+VOIP
Digital subscriber line (DSL; originally digital subscriber loop) is a family of technologies that are used to transmit digital data over telephone lines. In telecommunications marketing, the term DSL is widely understood to mean asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), the most commonly installed DSL technology, for Internet access. DSL service can be delivered simultaneously with wired telephone service on the same telephone line. This is possible because DSL uses higher frequency bands for data. On the customer premises, a DSL filteron each non-DSL outlet blocks any high-frequency interference to enable simultaneous use of the voice and DSL services.
More information is available here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_subscriber_line
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