Yet, other jurisdictions have chosen to move their emergency communication infrastructures and aging walkie-talkies into the Internet era with new"gateway" products manufactured by companies ranging from networking giant Cisco Systems to upstart, Birmingham, Mich.
Yet, other jurisdictions have chosen to move their emergency communication infrastructures and aging walkie-talkies into the Internet era with new"gateway" products manufactured by companies ranging from networking giant Cisco Systems (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) to upstart, Birmingham, Mich.
Frustrated with how difficult it is to meet new people, and how the Internet has been a barrier instead of a gateway, we set out to create a platform that gets us offline.