by gwcollins | Apr 25, 2025 | Emergency Response
In the rapidly evolving landscape of satellite internet technology, OneWeb and Starlink have garnered significant attention. Over the past five months, IP Access International has compared the performance of these two contenders shaping the future of satellite...
by gwcollins | May 31, 2024 | Communications, Emergency Response
The TDEM 2024 Texas Emergency Management Conference was once again held in Ft. Worth, TX at the Convention Center and just like last year – was very well attended by First Responders from all over the State of Texas. CCS has been attending this conference for...
by gwcollins | Feb 17, 2024 | Updates
Starlink was certainly first to market with their LEO satellite offers offering a low cost solution with very attractive bandwidth speeds that for the first time ever allowed even residential consumers to have broadband internet access anywhere in the world. The...
by gwcollins | Nov 21, 2023 | Communications, Emergency Response
Got to spend a few days last week with the LA State Fire Marshal at England Air Force Base in Alexandria, LA as they deployed their new CCS MERC Mobile Command Center for the first time for a live exercise were they simulated having a plane catch on fire on the...
by gwcollins | Oct 27, 2023 | Communications, Emergency Response, Updates
Spent most of the week in Oklahoma at the WinStar Casino and Resort participating in the 2023 Red River COMU Boot Camp along with about 150 other First Responders. The event was a combination of training and live exercises where we all worked together to simulate...