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Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Issue 58   VOLUME 10 ISSUE 58  
In this issue...
Comparison of the Classic Paging System to the New PA over IP Systems
Let the Recorder Beware
Catching the Bad Guys
And now for the Jokes

Comparison of the Classic Paging System to the New PA over IP Systems
Compares how they work and the cost
http://www.kintronics.com/IPpa/IP%20PA%20Systems.h...
by Bob Mesnik

There is a new type of paging system that utilizes the Ethernet network. You may have seen this on our web site or in previous newsletters, but just how good is this new approach to paging? The following article compares the traditional approach that utilizes one large amplifier to the latest PA over IP systems.

The classic method of providing a paging system was to connect many speakers to a central very large amplifier. The latest IP amplifier method is much more flexible. It connects a few speakers to many small network attached amplifiers that are distributed around the organization. You can attach several speakers to one small IP amplifier or attach one CAT5 ready IP speaker directly to the network. Here’s a comparison the two types of systems.

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Let the Recorder Beware
You can record audio and video but be careful of the law
http://www.kintronics.com/neteye/neteye.html
by Virginia Fair

These premises are under video surveillance.
Convenience stores post this no nonsense warning at their front doors. Banks who display a height chart at their exit door are indirectly issuing the same warning.

This conversation may be recorded for training purposes
Most if not all companies and utilities issue this warning before connecting a customer to a representative.

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Catching the Bad Guys
Housing development uses IP Cameras
http://www.kintronics.com/neteye/neteye.html
by Virginia Fair

On Monday October 3, we all came to work here at Kintronics with the same question for each other. “Did you hear about Parkchester?” Why? Because one of the lead-in stories carried on the local news broadcast the previous morning had been “Brutal attack captured on video leads to arrest of suspect in Parkchester.”You might ask, what is Parkchester? And why is Kintronics so interested?

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And now for the Jokes
The fattest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.
He acquired his size from too much pi.

I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.

A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class, because it was a weapon of math disruption.

Two fish swim into a concrete wall. One turns to the other and says 'Dam!'

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