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Colorado Dept of Transportation uses microwave backhaul for high-res video surveillance

By on May 25, 2010 in Case Studies, Government, United States

Case Study of Colorado DOT microwave backhaul system for highway system The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is responsible for a 9,134 mile highway system throughout the state, including 3,406 bridges. Each year, this system of highways handles over 48 billion vehicle miles of travel. CDOT maintenance forces take care of the highway system, plowing [...]

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Tales from the Towers Chapter 5: Reality, What a Concept

By on May 21, 2010 in Case Studies, How-To, WiFi Deployments, WiFi News

In the last article, access points were installed, WDS links set up for hopping, and we were ready to access the Internet.  Although TriadLand is ready to rock, we now need to connect the users.  First we need to connect the network to some type of Internet service and then come up with a way [...]

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Measuring the economic benefits of broadband: a few studies

By on June 24, 2009 in Case Studies, Case Studies + White Papers, Legislation and public policy, WiFi News

I receive emails from time to time asking if I know of studies that show the economic benefits of broadband. I know I’ve read some of them but I can never remember any one in particular. Today I came across a site that lists a few studies done in Europe, Asia and the US. For [...]

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Luxembourg: model of a successful muni Wi-Fi network

By on February 15, 2009 in Case Studies, Europe, WiFi Deployments

Earlier this year, Paul Helminger,  mayor of the city of Luxembourg launched a partnership with Esch-sur-Alzette, the second largest municipality in the country, to share the HotCity platform created by the city of Luxembourg. Considered to be the most successful municipal Wi-Fi network in Europe, HotCity is now sharing its expertise with other cities. It [...]

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National broadband strategy should focus on users’ needs

By on January 15, 2009 in Case Studies, Legislation and public policy

“Broadband projects will be part of the $1 trillion stimulus plan. That has set off a debate among lobbyists, tech companies, and congressional leaders.” This excerpt from a BusinessWeek column today sums up perfectly the potential fatal flaw in the race to create a broadband-related economic stimulus plan. A cardinal rule for deploying technology applications [...]

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Evolution of Municipal Wireless Networks

By on April 2, 2007 in Case Studies, Case Studies + White Papers

Evolution of Municipal Wireless Networks From Cisco White Paper: Published 2006 Summary: Wireless broadband initiatives for cities are receiving significant attention today. However, while some major cities have already announced citywide wireless networks, the market for municipal wireless broadband is still in the early stages. Most of these large networks will almost certainly experience numerous [...]

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