http://www.muniwireless.com/2007/06/23/politics-swirl-in-toledo-ohio/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=politics-swirl-in-toledo-ohio 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/2007/06/23/politics-swirl-in-toledo-ohio/#comment-17065 NetApex Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:23:15 +0000 http://muniwireless.sandboxdev.com/?p=6155#comment-17065 So it is a requirement to have the city's blessing in order to do a project like this if you have the sources to get it done? I mean the spectrum doesn't require a license, and if you work with the electric company for the rights to hang the AP's is there really anything you need the "government" for? The citizens are the ones that will be using the network, and if you so choose you can setup something specifically for public safety as well. Correct me if I am wrong, but having the city on your side (in the case of Toledo at least) only meant having a lot of non paying customers using the network. Compared to the Grand Rapids, Michigan RFP which gave the group buildings and bridges and places to mount the access points, Toledo pretty much acted the part of a spoiled child demanding things without offering anything to assist in the process. I believe it is time to do things differently and Toledo may just be the place to begin a new strategy for unwiring a city without help from local government. So it is a requirement to have the city’s blessing in order to do a project like this if you have the sources to get it done? I mean the spectrum doesn’t require a license, and if you work with the electric company for the rights to hang the AP’s is there really anything you need the “government” for? The citizens are the ones that will be using the network, and if you so choose you can setup something specifically for public safety as well. Correct me if I am wrong, but having the city on your side (in the case of Toledo at least) only meant having a lot of non paying customers using the network. Compared to the Grand Rapids, Michigan RFP which gave the group buildings and bridges and places to mount the access points, Toledo pretty much acted the part of a spoiled child demanding things without offering anything to assist in the process. I believe it is time to do things differently and Toledo may just be the place to begin a new strategy for unwiring a city without help from local government.

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