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Hello, and welcome to “Business World News.”

In the past ten years, the Internet has become a permanent fixture in how we communicate and share information with each other. It’s difficult to imagine a home or business that is not connected to the Internet today.

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Our reliance on the speed that information can be researched, transmitted, and received through the Internet has become so vital, that now, there is a company that has developed the technology for MOBILE broadband Internet connectivity. DIRK PARSONS is in SAN LUIS OBISPO, California with a report on the DataStorm from GROUND CONTROL, and how it is helping revolutionize communications for all types of organizations who need to support remote operations.

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That’s right, Marti. The DataStorm is a godsend for a number of professions that work from remote locations and need to stay connected with databases and communication centers from their headquarters or main offices.

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Imagine what a benefit this type of technology is to rescue workers and emergency teams. For example, DataStorm is now being used by the Visalia, California fire department on their super high-tech HazMat vehicle. HazMat is short for Hazardous Materials.

B-ROLL AT VISALIA F.D. OF HAZMAT VEHICLE AND DATASTORM SYSTEM

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As you can see, this vehicle is equipped with the DataStorm broadband system. The DataStorm allows the Visalia HazMat crew, to research the chemicals at an emergency site. It is also used as back up communication system to stay in contact with their Command Center via high speed Internet regardless of the distance or the terrain.

This is the only Hazmat vehicle between Fresno and Bakersfield.

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GROUND CONTROL, the company behind the DataStorm, also provides an exclusive telephone service through this system that allows you to make a telephone call anywhere in the world, even in locations where cell phones do not work.

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So, in addition to remotely accessing database information and communicating via email or chat, you can also maintain a live phone connection, which is crucial to the time-sensitive nature of rescue work that remote operations crews like this are often called upon to perform.

TESTIMONIAL-CAPT. BILL ALVES – Capt. Visalia Fire Dept.:

Prompt Questions:

“How does the DataStorm enhance your crew’s capabilities?”

“How can you serve the public more effectively with these enhanced capabilities?”

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In addition to public safety, there are numerous applications for DataStorm’s broadband technology. Security organizations, search & recovery firms, and even offshore oil operations are using the system.

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Earlier this year, two GROUND CONTROL broadband systems were deployed in Texas to aid in the recovery of debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

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Recovery crews used the systems to link remote workers to the debris-search Command Center, and to provide search authorities with broadband access to the Internet. Searchers were able to digitize debris images and catalogue retrieved material to create a database of information.

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Explains how DataStorm aided the Columbia debris recovery process (to the effect of):

1. Because the search covered remote Texas locations in a 100-mile radius, satellite was the only possible network technology capable of providing authorities with quick broadband connectivity.

2. Traditional, ground-based connections do not reach these areas, and they cannot be utilized in emergency scenarios.

TONY COLES SOUNDBITE:

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The fact that we also back up our product with technical assistance and support 24 hours a day, seven days a week is a major source of comfort to our clients, as well. They see GROUND CONTROL as a valued partner in their success.

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As the public becomes more aware of the flexibility provided by mobile broadband technology, more unique users are beginning to emerge. In San Luis Obispo, California, the library system utilizes the DataStorm on its Bookmobile to stay in contact with the library headquarters on daily visits to remote areas of the county.

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In Hollywood, mobile production trucks utilize the DataStorm to transmit location video footage to studio executives in their offices.

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Police and security firms throughout the country are using the DataStorm system to identify images of suspects at the scene of the crime.

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Mark Wright, the founder and chairman of Ground Control, says even RV owners are avid users of the DataStorm technology. I asked him to explain why.

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1. DataStorm is a perfect fit for the large number of independent professionals who own RVs because of value provided, ease of use, and affordable cost.

   1. RV owners value their ability to work from anywhere but need to stay in touch with their offices.

   2. DataStorm was designed to be easy to use with any PC. One “click” device to get online in 5-8 minutes.

   3. Cost is not a barrier at $100 per month for broadband Internet anywhere they go.

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Ground Control developed the DataStorm technology to be “user friendly”. Mark Wright say the DataStorm has such a broad range of applications, from corporate networks to government operations to the independent professional.

MARK WRIGHT SOUNDBITE:

1. Briefly describes the origin of the DataStorm technology, and how Ground Control adapted, modified, perfected it for the broad range of applications it provides today.

2. Designed it to be accessible--doesn’t require certification or special licensing to operate.

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Perhaps one of the most dynamic applications of the DataStorm technology is that it offers companies the ability to operate their own private satellite networks that can be accessed independently from the public Internet.

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The ability to protect sensitive information and yet remain accessible to multiple user locations has become a number one priority in the corporate world.

With corporate espionage rapidly increasing across the globe, many companies are taking a closer look at high security broadband Internet systems that can be customized to their specifications.

Ground Control is intent on developing even more robust capabilities for our customers that will keep them ahead of the technology curve. We approach our client’s security issues as seriously as if they were our own, because, for all practical purposes, they are.

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Whether large companies with vast corporate networking requirements, or the small independent business operator, it is quite evident that Ground Control is intent on remaining number one in the mobile broadband Internet sector.

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One more note of interest. In the near future, Ground Control plans to launch the DataStorm F3, which will expand their system’s geographic reach to the farthest corners of the Western Hemisphere.

In San Luis Obispo, CA I’m Dirk Parsons for Business World News.

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Thanks, Dirk.

Fascinating stuff. Technology never seems to stop advancing, and it sounds like the folks at Ground Control enjoy the pace.

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If you would like more information about the GROUND CONTROL Datastorm mobile broadband Internet system, you can visit the GROUND CONTROL website at W-W-W-dot-G-R-O-U-N-D-C-O-N-T-R-O-L-dot-com.

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And, for all of us here at Business World News, thanks for watching.

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