http://www.muniwireless.com/2006/12/27/wireless-washtenaw-begins-service/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wireless-washtenaw-begins-service 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 http://www.muniwireless.com/2006/12/27/wireless-washtenaw-begins-service/#comment-7153 Trying to Be like Bill Gates » CORRECTED: Web traffic growth slows on Black Friday (Reuters) Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:48:25 +0000 http://muniwireless.sandboxdev.com/?p=5481#comment-7153 <p>[...] However Reuters - (Corrects headline to show Web traffic growth, not Web sales, fell on Black Friday. On another note: cingular plans mobile banking service for 2007 (Reuters) Reuters - Cingular Wireless, the No. 1 U.S. cellular operator, said on Wednesday it is talking with banks about letting its customers manage their money by cell phone as part of a push to expand phone use beyond talking.Did you know that Plans means a systematic arrangement of elements or important parts; a configuration or outline: a seating plan; the plan of a story.. Also you can check out this new muni WiFi Doesn’t Look So Impressive Now — But That Should Change We posted earlier this week about another poor early review of a municipal WiFi network, this time in Corpus Christi, Texas. This sort of story seems to be about par for the course for the networks, with users’ problems highlighting the issue that WiFi simply may not be the right technology for these deployments. Yet another town has launched their network this week, in a public-private partnership that’s similar to the approach many municipalities are taking: in exchange for rights to mount equipment on streetlights and other property, a business builds and operates the WiFi network, typically providing some level of free services to the city and its residents, then running paid services as well. While there are obviously still costs the localities undertake in setting up and running the networks, private companies typically bear the vast majority of the costs, so the perception that local governments are paying through the nose to provide some crappy free WiFi is, in most cases, inaccurate. [...]</p> [...] However Reuters – (Corrects headline to show Web traffic growth, not Web sales, fell on Black Friday. On another note: cingular plans mobile banking service for 2007 (Reuters) Reuters – Cingular Wireless, the No. 1 U.S. cellular operator, said on Wednesday it is talking with banks about letting its customers manage their money by cell phone as part of a push to expand phone use beyond talking.Did you know that Plans means a systematic arrangement of elements or important parts; a configuration or outline: a seating plan; the plan of a story.. Also you can check out this new muni WiFi Doesn’t Look So Impressive Now — But That Should Change We posted earlier this week about another poor early review of a municipal WiFi network, this time in Corpus Christi, Texas. This sort of story seems to be about par for the course for the networks, with users’ problems highlighting the issue that WiFi simply may not be the right technology for these deployments. Yet another town has launched their network this week, in a public-private partnership that’s similar to the approach many municipalities are taking: in exchange for rights to mount equipment on streetlights and other property, a business builds and operates the WiFi network, typically providing some level of free services to the city and its residents, then running paid services as well. While there are obviously still costs the localities undertake in setting up and running the networks, private companies typically bear the vast majority of the costs, so the perception that local governments are paying through the nose to provide some crappy free WiFi is, in most cases, inaccurate. [...]

]]> http://www.muniwireless.com/2006/12/27/wireless-washtenaw-begins-service/#comment-7152 MuniWireless » Blog Archive » Details reportedly devil San Francisco muni wireless plan Wed, 27 Dec 2006 21:13:01 +0000 http://muniwireless.sandboxdev.com/?p=5481#comment-7152 <p>[...] You have to wonder just how big and just how complicated. Models are out there. We‚Äôve talked about many at our conferences and on this site. One popular model that is emerging is a two-tiered plan in which a basic, lower-speed service is offered free while high-speed services come at a price.¬† That is what Washtenaw County will offer and, while the San Francisco programs seems stalled, theirs is moving forward. In Municipal Wireless, Municipal Wireless/Projects Posted Wednesday, December 27, 2006 [...]</p> [...] You have to wonder just how big and just how complicated. Models are out there. We‚Äôve talked about many at our conferences and on this site. One popular model that is emerging is a two-tiered plan in which a basic, lower-speed service is offered free while high-speed services come at a price.¬† That is what Washtenaw County will offer and, while the San Francisco programs seems stalled, theirs is moving forward. In Municipal Wireless, Municipal Wireless/Projects Posted Wednesday, December 27, 2006 [...]

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