MuniWireless

The city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will deploy a 4.9 Ghz wireless backhaul network in the first phase of a 97 square mile deployment of wireless video surveillance equipment. According to a press release announcing the deployment, the network will be able to scale to more than 100 camers as it is built out. Wi4Net, a solutions provider of integrated wireless video surveillance solutions, and Pivot3, Inc., whose high-definition mass storage system will be used to store the images, jointly announced today that the…

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, launched a downtown test network for its proposed citywide municipal Wi-Fi system Saturday.Milwaukee, Wisconsin, launched a downtown test network for its proposed citywide municipal Wi-Fi system Saturday.

Midwest Fiber Networks, which is deploying the network, installed about 100 antennas for the test. If the demonstration is approved, nearly 2800 antennas will be installed across the city.

The test network, which was to have been completed in January, encountered delays because of difficulty getting permission to mount antennas.

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Milwaukee’s muni-wireless network is behind schedule. The city council will extend the deadline for the demonstration area to June 7. It was to have been completed by mid-January.Milwaukee’s muni-wireless network is behind schedule. The city council has extended the time in which the first neighborhood demonstration is to be deployed until June 7. It was to have been completed by mid-January.

Only 30 of the 100 antennas required for the test site have been deployed by Midwest Fiber Networks, which is…