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This request is to authorize the purchase of a data radio to provide data and telephone
connectivity from the interim location of the DPS personnel moved to the Carroll
Intermediate School back to the secure network maintained at Town Hall. The telephone
and data requirements of DPS personnel are unique in that additional requirement of
encryption and security must be maintained due to their access to confidential criminal
justice information. Therefore they cannot connect directly to the internet to get network
access. Their connection could be accomplished through leased point to point circuits
although it is estimated the cost for the term of their stay at the interim location could
exceed about half the cost of the proposed solution. Additionally, the radio solution
proposed here will provide for more bandwidth and greater security.
The radios will be reused to provide redundancy between Town Hall and the new East DPS
facility upon its completion.
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