Statesboro, Georgia issues RFP for citywide wireless network
Statesboro, Georgia has issued a Request for Proposals, seeking an ISP to build and operate a citywide wireless network for educational, residential, commercial, municipal and public safety use. Initially the network will be used primarily for public safety, remote work order management, Digital Inclusion, residential and student Internet access.
According to the RFP, the city “prefers to own the network infrastructure, since it intends to pay for the cost of the infrastructure, using the grant that it received from the State of Georgia’s Wireless Communities Georgia (WCG) program as well as matching funds and additional budgetary money. However, it will consider proposals that include other options in terms of network ownership. The City expects that in exchange for this contribution that it will not be charged for Internet service plans for its municipal employees.”
Statesboro is a city of 12.5 square miles and approximately 26,000 people. There are 20,000 students in the city from Georgia Southern University and Ogeechee Technical College. Read the results of the broadband survey conducted among the students of Georgia Southern (based on 1200 responses). A slim majority want free Wi-Fi but of those willing to pay, $10 per month is the maximum. The students say will use the network to play games, do homework (yeah, right) and visit Facebook (that’s more like it).
To view the RFP and other supporting documents, go to:
www.sboro.net/financeadmin/mwn_rfp.htm#files
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