http://www.muniwireless.com/2008/05/21/using-muni-wi-fi-to-help-tourists/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=using-muni-wi-fi-to-help-tourists 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/2008/05/21/using-muni-wi-fi-to-help-tourists/#comment-34086 Steve Lamont Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:17:17 +0000 http://www.muniwireless.com/?p=7760#comment-34086 This is a very interesting suggestion, and a potentially good way to make WiFi Hot Zones effective. It raises the challenge though of how to "mark" the area so people know to look for a signal. This was a setback for the CT-2 Zonepoint service in London 18 years ago, and was the source of "war chalking" in the early days of WiFi. This is a very interesting suggestion, and a potentially good way to make WiFi Hot Zones effective. It raises the challenge though of how to “mark” the area so people know to look for a signal. This was a setback for the CT-2 Zonepoint service in London 18 years ago, and was the source of “war chalking” in the early days of WiFi.

]]> http://www.muniwireless.com/2008/05/21/using-muni-wi-fi-to-help-tourists/#comment-34004 WeFi Blog » Providing Wi-Fi access where it’s needed most: tourist spots Sun, 25 May 2008 05:32:03 +0000 http://www.muniwireless.com/?p=7760#comment-34004 [...] Using muni Wi-Fi to boost tourism and help visitors: the easy way Written by Esme Vos - Visit WebsiteSHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Providing Wi-Fi access where it’s needed most: tourist spots", url: "http://www.wefi.com/blog/?p=82" }); [...] [...] Using muni Wi-Fi to boost tourism and help visitors: the easy way Written by Esme Vos – Visit WebsiteSHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Providing Wi-Fi access where it’s needed most: tourist spots”, url: “http://www.wefi.com/blog/?p=82″ }); [...]

]]> http://www.muniwireless.com/2008/05/21/using-muni-wi-fi-to-help-tourists/#comment-33997 Anthony Tull Thu, 22 May 2008 21:44:53 +0000 http://www.muniwireless.com/?p=7760#comment-33997 Tourism is the No. 1 industry in my town of Granbury, TX. which was one of the driving factors in deploying our Wireless Network 3 years ago. Since that time the City has taken over the ownership, management, and selling of service of the network. Every Monday I look over our weekend day use report and am amazed at the demographics of the users. Not only are they from other cities in Texas, but other states and countries. When a tourist from Paris, France comes to our little rural town and can get broadband wifi service any where he goes in our town, there is a value in that. I cannot quantify it but I beleive with respect to the tourism indutry that is worth something. Tourism is the No. 1 industry in my town of Granbury, TX. which was one of the driving factors in deploying our Wireless Network 3 years ago. Since that time the City has taken over the ownership, management, and selling of service of the network. Every Monday I look over our weekend day use report and am amazed at the demographics of the users. Not only are they from other cities in Texas, but other states and countries. When a tourist from Paris, France comes to our little rural town and can get broadband wifi service any where he goes in our town, there is a value in that. I cannot quantify it but I beleive with respect to the tourism indutry that is worth something.

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