Internet link fails spy camera test

Police 'electronic eyes' will be on watch soon

The launch of the Metropolitan Police Bureau's new public surveillance system struck a glitch yesterday when the high-speed internet connection linking the 10,000 cameras failed to perform. The high-speed internet service could not connect properly with the security camera network, a police source said.

However, technicians said the system will be fixed and ready just in time for the royal celebrations to be attended by many foreign monarchs or their representatives.

The network is supposed to ...

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True Internet hosting 10,000 cameras??? Was that supposed to be a joke?

Edited June 6, 200620 yr by alexth

Thai government + internet / information technology = disaster.

Thailand still want to be regional IT HUB

Comedy hub, for sure.

My only guess is that the person planning this system is an expatriate or had studied abroad and just returned and did not realise that in Thailand “hi-speed Internet connection” does not mean 10 Gbit per second.

Serves them right!

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Maestro

They probably installed the system with an inauguration date already planned even before work began. Result, FLOP!

Did Lampard have anything to do with the setup of the networked cameras??

If the connections required the telephone system, they'd have gotten the same reply as the tsunami drill got: NETWORK BUSY