Comments on: Wireless Washtenaw delayed, but not gone http://www.muniwireless.com/2008/07/02/wireless-washtenaw-delayed-but-not-gone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wireless-washtenaw-delayed-but-not-gone 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: Anthony Tull http://www.muniwireless.com/2008/07/02/wireless-washtenaw-delayed-but-not-gone/#comment-34290 Anthony Tull Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:10:05 +0000 http://www.muniwireless.com/?p=7833#comment-34290 I am having a hard time understanding how a municipal wireless project can have a waiting list. The whole point of ubiquitious coverage is to make access by the public or customers seamless with respect to an installation process by the provider. With our network if a customer has trouble with a weak signal they simply stop by our office and pickup a preconfigured Ruckus CPE device. In order for Muni WIFI to be successful the experience has to be as close to Cellular as possible, where the customer turns it on and it works without involvement from the provider..... I am having a hard time understanding how a municipal wireless project can have a waiting list. The whole point of ubiquitious coverage is to make access by the public or customers seamless with respect to an installation process by the provider. With our network if a customer has trouble with a weak signal they simply stop by our office and pickup a preconfigured Ruckus CPE device. In order for Muni WIFI to be successful the experience has to be as close to Cellular as possible, where the customer turns it on and it works without involvement from the provider…..

]]> By: John Dolmetsch http://www.muniwireless.com/2008/07/02/wireless-washtenaw-delayed-but-not-gone/#comment-34281 John Dolmetsch Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:09:44 +0000 http://www.muniwireless.com/?p=7833#comment-34281 Unfortunately, with the economy in a tailspin, city tax revenue drying up and budgets being slashed, it looks like it is going to be a tough road in this fledgling industry. Another southern city released and RFP, had money allocated, put the vendors through the painstaking process of putting in quality responses, and then pulled the plug before the RFP process was even complete. Looks like the industry may end up in suspended animation for a while. Unfortunately, with the economy in a tailspin, city tax revenue drying up and budgets being slashed, it looks like it is going to be a tough road in this fledgling industry. Another southern city released and RFP, had money allocated, put the vendors through the painstaking process of putting in quality responses, and then pulled the plug before the RFP process was even complete.

Looks like the industry may end up in suspended animation for a while.

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