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Emergency responders need higher reliability and priority, even when the network is degraded. That is something that costs more to provide. Those who need suc
by tomohawk 2y ago
Emergency responders need higher reliability and priority, even when the network is degraded. That is something that costs more to provide. Those who need such things need to fund it, and not just expect they'll get such service with consumer grade plan/equipment. Police don't drive consumer grade vehicles, they pony up for a vehicle meant for the job.
Several years ago, emergency personnel in california were dismayed when their consumer grade plan didn't give them good service in an emergency. There was a big stink about it, but requiring the provider to eat the cost when the government doesn't pay for what they need is short sighted. Those emergency personnel were unprepared, and they tried to shift blame for their foolhardiness.
It may be possible to give everyone the same emergency grade service for the same price, but that price will be extremely high.
It may be possible to give everyone the same low jitter, low latency experience that gamers want, but the cost will be higher for people who don't care about such things.