MuniWireless

Milledgeville, Georgia is using the $862,000 grant from the Wireless Communikties Georgia program (of the Georgia Technology Authority) for a WiMAX network. The city had been making plans for a citywide Wi-Fi network but decided to partner instead with Clearwire. Milledgeville believes that WiMAX will be a better technology that Wi-Fi for covering large areas of the community. Indeed, because Clearwire is already deploying WiMAX in Atlanta, extending the service to Milledgeville won’t be too difficult. The city wants to…

I know many of you are looking for the Milledgeville RFP. It’s now online at the state of Geogria’s procurement website.I know many of you are looking for the Milledgeville RFP. It’s now online at the state of Geogria’s procurement website.

http://ssl.doas.state.ga.us/PRSapp/PublicBidNotice?bid_op=076055007-0005

The city announced the RFP earlier this week. A pre-proposal conference is scheduled for 11 a.m., May 23, and questions are due to the city by May 30. Responses to the RFP are due June 22.

Milledgeville, Ga., has released an RFP seeking service providers to build, own and operate a municipal wireless network in the city. A pre-proposal conference is scheduled for 11 a.m., May 23.Milledgeville, Ga., has released an RFP seeking service providers to build, own and operate a municipal wireless network in the city. A pre-proposal conference is scheduled for 11 a.m., May 23.

Questions are due to the city by May 30 and responses to the RFP are due June 22.

According to the…