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Welcome to the May 2009 edition of the Wells Communications newsletter.

Watertown Office

Wells Communications
22746 Plaza Drive
Watertown NY 16301
Toll Free: 1-800-417-2346
Phone: 315-782-2422

Vew the New Wells Comm Website

This story first developed a year ago with the April 2008 edition of the Wells Communications newsletter. I am happy to continue it with recent nationwide and local accolades.

It all began when an existing video surveillance customer, Mold-Rite Plastics, of Plattsburgh, NY, asked to purchase 7 new video cameras.  They had 89 analog cameras operational, with room on their combined 6 digital video recorders (DVR’s) to run a maximum of 96 cameras.  While their system was working, it was roughly 5 years old, and the retrieval of video from the combined DVR’s had become cumbersome.  Still, the need was there to increase the cameras throughout the 24/7 manufacturing facility. 

As a security integrator and communications consultant, I could have sold them the 7 additional cameras, but took the opportunity instead to offer our customer an education on modern video surveillance technology. 

That is what we do at Wells Communications.  With IP (Internet Protocol) camera and recording technology advancing so quickly, we strive to continually educate ourselves to pass along new opportunities to our end-users, in hopes of providing safety, productivity and efficiency to their business operations.

View the rest of this case study on our website.

Maureen Carlo
Communications Consultant Plattsburgh Office

 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is an unprecedented effort to jump-start our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century.

Building a prosperous tomorrow

Leveraging investments in wireless IP solutions across projects funded by the economic stimulus program will help government agencies and the private sector. Today’s advanced wireless technologies are well positioned to address both the short-term needs of the stimulus act and deliver the long-term foundation for America to thrive in the 21st century.

Download the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act overview from Motorola.

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Who is Affected:

The FCC narrowbanding rules affect all operators of land mobile radios (LMR) that use channels between:

• 150 and 174 MHz
• 421 and 512 MHz

What will Happen

• Wideband LMR systems (i.e., two-way voice radio operating on the 25 kHz channel-widths that have been the standard for the last few decades) will experience increasing interference as other radio operators switch to narrowband channels that may overlap older wideband channels.
• As of January 1, 2011, all new radios sold in the US must be narrowband-capable – thus MY2011 radios/buses may not be able to communicate with wideband LMR systems.
• As of January 1, 2013, LMR systems still using wideband channels risk:
  • Loss of radio communications
  • Substantial FCC fines
  • Revocation of FCC licenses

Download the FCC mandates and learn more about what you need to do.