PRIVATE MICROWAVE VS. COMMON CARRIER: WHICH WAY TO MOVE

PRIVATE MICROWAVE SYSTEMS CAN BE MORE ECONOMICAL THAN USING COMMON CARRIER FACILITIES WHEN RELIABLE HIGH-DENSITY DATA AND VOICE COMMUNICATIONS ARE REQUIRED BETWEEN WIDE SPREAD FACILITIES. HOWEVER, THE COST BREAKDOWN STUDY PRESENTED NOTES EXCESSIVE HIDDEN EXPENSES. EVEN INITIAL COSTS, LOCATIONAL INFLEXIBILITY, AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS MAKE IT UNATTRACTIVE TO MOST COMMUNICATIONS USERS. HOWEVER, THE GREATEST RISK IS THAT TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGHS WILL MAKE EXISTING EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNIQUES OBSOLETE OR UNECONOMICAL. COST EVALUATION OF A SYSTEM MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IMPROVED PERFORMANCE IN SYSTEMS OF THE FUTURE.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 2, No 3, PP 16-17
• Corporate Authors:

  Communications User

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• Publication Date: 1970-3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Common carriers; Fleet management; Microwave communication systems; Speech; Trucks; Voice communication
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fleets
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225788
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 26 1970 12:00AM