Comments on: Brussels gets Wi-Fi for 1 million euros http://www.muniwireless.com/2004/05/29/brussels-gets-wi-fi-for-1-million-euros/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brussels-gets-wi-fi-for-1-million-euros Citywide WiFi, smart grid, enterprise wireless, public safety, mobile apps Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:38:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ebayer http://www.muniwireless.com/2004/05/29/brussels-gets-wi-fi-for-1-million-euros/#comment-5578 Ebayer Thu, 21 Oct 2004 19:59:16 +0000 http://muniwireless.sandboxdev.com/?p=4368#comment-5578 search in Ebay: "wi-fi kiosk" you can find one at less than one dollar. wonder why the difference of these small kiosk builder and big name. search in Ebay: “wi-fi kiosk” you can find one at less than one dollar.

wonder why the difference of these small kiosk builder and big name.

]]> By: Anthony Townsend http://www.muniwireless.com/2004/05/29/brussels-gets-wi-fi-for-1-million-euros/#comment-5579 Anthony Townsend Sun, 06 Jun 2004 02:25:19 +0000 http://muniwireless.sandboxdev.com/?p=4368#comment-5579 As someone who has built a lot of large outdoor networks, this amount of money sounds right for a professional, long-term project with good technical support/maintainence, etc. Of couse, it COULD be done for a lot less, but it wouldn't be a carrier-grade network. It would be a volunteer/community-run network. As someone who has built a lot of large outdoor networks, this amount of money sounds right for a professional, long-term project with good technical support/maintainence, etc.

Of couse, it COULD be done for a lot less, but it wouldn’t be a carrier-grade network. It would be a volunteer/community-run network.

]]> By: Evert http://www.muniwireless.com/2004/05/29/brussels-gets-wi-fi-for-1-million-euros/#comment-5580 Evert Sun, 30 May 2004 05:44:40 +0000 http://muniwireless.sandboxdev.com/?p=4368#comment-5580 Things get even better! VTM (one of the Belgian TV stations) did a feature on these terminals in todays news. They tried to conenct using WiFi and apparently the AP was not working properly..... I guess it's going to take another 40 k or so to repair... Regards, Evert Bopp. Things get even better!
VTM (one of the Belgian TV stations) did a feature on these terminals in todays news. They tried to conenct using WiFi and apparently the AP was not working properly…..
I guess it’s going to take another 40 k or so to repair…

Regards, Evert Bopp.

]]> By: Evert http://www.muniwireless.com/2004/05/29/brussels-gets-wi-fi-for-1-million-euros/#comment-5581 Evert Sat, 29 May 2004 15:56:52 +0000 http://muniwireless.sandboxdev.com/?p=4368#comment-5581 As I said earlier in an email; for 1 million euro I could cover the whole of Brussels city-centre with wireless! This is typical though of a state-run project. Someone gave them a nice bit of spin and made a fortune on this one. This type of terminal is going for as little a 4k and given that installation and infrastructure might cost another 4k each the whole project should cost no more than 160k. And what really is the point of putting up a terminal when we have a proliferration of PDA's & laptops? Even though this type of waste infuriates me it doesn't surprise me either.. Regards, Evert Bopp. As I said earlier in an email; for 1 million euro I could cover the whole of Brussels city-centre with wireless!
This is typical though of a state-run project. Someone gave them a nice bit of spin and made a fortune on this one.
This type of terminal is going for as little a 4k and given that installation and infrastructure might cost another 4k each the whole project should cost no more than 160k.
And what really is the point of putting up a terminal when we have a proliferration of PDA’s & laptops?

Even though this type of waste infuriates me it doesn’t surprise me either..

Regards, Evert Bopp.

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