On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 05:08:30 -0700, Concerned Officer wrote:

Be fair ! Why should it be different from any other government
project.

Of course, why should it be. But on the flip side of this, some
Government-sponsored systems work wonderfully. Radio and mobile
telephone technology is nothing new, and all airwave has done, really,
is throw encryption into the mix and make minor changes to the mobile
telephone model. What is so hard here?

You didn't really think it would work did you ???

Considering they spent £2.3bn (and counting!) on the system, I would
have hoped it to work slightly better than the quality I can get out of
two tin cans and a piece of string. Sad, really.

Well, why *doesn't* it work ? Why can't the police hang on to the mobile
networks ? I don't know, no-one does.

If all it is is encrypted mobile phone stuff (?) then you should be able
to do it with a reprogrammed cheapie handset.

There is no reason why it shouldn't work ; there isn't, (relative to say
moiles) that much traffic !