Comments on: Noteworthy news from the private side http://www.muniwireless.com/2007/08/07/noteworthy-news-from-the-private-side/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=noteworthy-news-from-the-private-side 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: Esme Vos http://www.muniwireless.com/2007/08/07/noteworthy-news-from-the-private-side/#comment-20709 Esme Vos Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:13:32 +0000 http://muniwireless.sandboxdev.com/?p=6306#comment-20709 We are trying to highlight all of the useful applications for wide-area wireless networks. The mainstream press just focuses on public access, but I've been saying since 2003 when I started Muniwireles that there are so many uses for this technology. People should go beyond public access and use these networks intensively for all kinds of apps. About free access: it's very strange to me that cities are not willing to pay for broadband infrastructure (wired or wireless) but they'll find hundreds of millions of dollars overnight for a sports stadium. I will post very soon on my top 10 muni wifi peeves from vague RFPs to insane login procedures. We are trying to highlight all of the useful applications for wide-area wireless networks. The mainstream press just focuses on public access, but I’ve been saying since 2003 when I started Muniwireles that there are so many uses for this technology. People should go beyond public access and use these networks intensively for all kinds of apps.

About free access: it’s very strange to me that cities are not willing to pay for broadband infrastructure (wired or wireless) but they’ll find hundreds of millions of dollars overnight for a sports stadium.

I will post very soon on my top 10 muni wifi peeves from vague RFPs to insane login procedures.

]]> By: Jacomo http://www.muniwireless.com/2007/08/07/noteworthy-news-from-the-private-side/#comment-20703 Jacomo Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:20:27 +0000 http://muniwireless.sandboxdev.com/?p=6306#comment-20703 Nice piece Esme, we need more of these success stories to offset the image problems we are experiencing in our Metro Mesh markets due to failures of some of the first generation deployments, poor designs, overhyping of vendors products and politicos buying into Free everything. We need to keep reminding people that this is a business and it needs to be Carrier Grade and someone needs to make money or the concept will fail Jacomo Nice piece Esme, we need more of these success stories to offset the image problems we are experiencing in our Metro Mesh markets due to failures of some of the first generation deployments, poor designs, overhyping of vendors products and politicos buying into Free everything.
We need to keep reminding people that this is a business and it needs to be Carrier Grade and someone needs to make money or the concept will fail
Jacomo

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