Wireless applications, citywide WiFi, smartphones
The Heartland Institute, an astroturf organization that has consistently attacked the freedom of communities to set up their own broadband networks, has gotten into a heap of trouble with its corporate sponsors over a billboard ad that compares climate change believers to serial killer, Ted Kaczynski. According to The Guardian, “[t]wo dozen insurance companies, including [...]
Before you start reading this article, let me warn you first that it is longest one I’ve written and the only one in which the manufacturers I talk about see the text before publication. I have my opinions and perceptions as many of you do. However, I also wanted this article to be factually accurate [...]
Cambridge (UK) has completed the first stage of its citywide wireless network in the “white space” (the unused and underused parts of the wireless spectrum left vacant by the move from analog TV to digital TV). This initial phase consists of a wireless smart electricity meter reading application over the white space spectrum. The city [...]
The NYC Wireless Network (NYCWiN) launched in 2008, more than four years after the RFP was issued, and many had high hopes for the network, which was to be dedicated to one use: public safety. The users of the network were to be the NY Police Department and the NY Fire Department. We wrote about [...]
San Jose, California is upgrading the downtown Wi-Fi network that it installed in 2005 (see MuniWireless article about the San Jose Wi-Fi RFP in 2005). Now, the city will be using Ruckus Wireless equipment to replace the old access points and it is reportedly paying for the network out of general parking and revenue funds ($100,000 total [...]
I know you’re thinking what I’m thinking: “Here we go again.” Santa Clara, California has announced that it is re-launching its free citywide Wi-Fi network, only this time, it’s not the network created by MetroFi (the bankrupt wireless ISP that had contracts to deploy Wi-Fi networks in various cities across the US) but the city’s [...]
In the last few weeks, I’ve seen bids that range from wireless municipal specifications from 8 years ago to the desire to reach for the outer limits. Both strategies have unrealistic expectations, just from different ends of the equation. Eight-year old municipal specifications assume that delivering 300Kbps is an adequate expectation for anyone in 2011. [...]
The government of Malaysia is deploying Wi-Fi in up to 4000 villages in Perlis, Sabah and Sarawak by the end of 2012 to bring broadband to the more remote parts of the country. The cost of deploying Wi-Fi in each village is between US$7,000 and US$10,000. The Malaysian government wants to upgrade the high tech [...]
Govtech reports that “Seattle is thinking about leasing some of the city’s 500 miles of unused dark fiber to private companies, hoping that ultra-fast broadband connections will result.” (italics are mine). The most important word in that sentence is “hoping”. Why? Because getting each home and business in Seattle to have access to fiber optic [...]
Most WISP operators perform additional projects outside the scope of just providing Internet access. The skill sets required to install backhaul systems to residential or business clients can be utilized in other applications. Although I’ve been fortunate enough to see many unique types of wireless applications, some stick out more than others. Video surveillance, SCADA [...]
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