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COMMUNICATIONS

Connectivity for Brown Water OperationsConnectivity for Brown Water Operations

Growing Options Emerge for Ever-Increasing Data and Comms Demand.

By Dan Rooney n the United States alone, 625 million tons of cargo is The types of solutions for connectivity also differ in this transported along the more than 12,000 miles of com- arena. While near-shore solutions are the most reliable for mercially navigable waterways each year, moving vital inland waterways, a reliable network is essential, no matter

I commodities to and from 38 of the nation’s 50 states. The how the connection is successfully obtained. And, while advent of subchapter M has raised the bar signi