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Re:Thousands are monitoring police scanners during the Georg... by vidanay on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @11:38AM (#23392195)
Is the poor audio quality a function of the participating scanners that feed your service, your infrastructure, or the current workload? My local feed is nearly unintelligible.
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Re:Thousands are monitoring police scanners during the Georg... by blantonl on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @11:46AM (#23392311)
It is solely a function of the participating scanners. There is a report a problem link on each feed's page which allows you to let the provider know there is a problem.

There are a lot of times providers simply don't know that there is a quality problem.

Edit: there are also a lot of problem vectors. Poor reception, failing equipment, old equipment, and even the case of some providers that don't care and just rush a feed online just to get the premium subscription.

Crowdsourcing content isn't always easy :)

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