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Wally Bowen, executive director of the Mountain Area Information Network (MAIN) in Asheville, North Carolina, has written a primer on how to deploy a local wireless broadband network for people. Wally speaks from experience. MAIN is an ISP that serves hundreds of wireless subscribers spread out over four counties. In the primer, Bowen includes details on cost of equipment, the amount of bandwidth needed to serve hundreds of customers, blending fiber and wireless and more.

Here is an excerpt from the…

Marion, North Carolina is offering free Wi-Fi service in its downtown area. The network was set up by Trificient Technologies, which was one of the respondents to an RFP issued by the city. The city used a grant from the North Carolina STEP Program to pay for the cost of deployment. According to the Asheville Citizen Times, the service is available along Main Street with speeds varying from 1.5 Mbps to 6 Mbps.

ConnectAkron launches downtown Wi-Fi hotzone

Meanwhile in Akron, Ohio,…

Craven County, North Carolina (pop. 95,000) is deploying a wireless broadband network that will initially connect five schools in rural areas. It will also be used for the police and fire departments. Recently, the county installed a fiber optic network but it does not reach all communities. As a result, they will also use wireless to connect those towns without fiber. Craven County has hired Windchannel to deploy the network.

Deploying wireless broadband networks makes sense in a lot of rural…

A proposal to make Asheville a “Wi-Fi City” made by the nonprofit Mountain Area Information Network (MAIN) received unanimous endorsement last month from the Asheville City Council. MAIN has been providing Internet access to the Asheville community for several years now. One of the problems in the more rural areas of North Carolina is that many people have only dial-up connections. MAIN is trying to change that.

“I’m pleased that the City of Asheville has officially endorsed MAIN’s Wi-Fi City proposal”…

WinstonNet, Inc., the group attempting to launch free wireless Internet service in Winston-Salem, N. Carolina, announced this week that it is no longer negotiating with Azulstar, the service provider that was to deploy the network throughout the city and neighboring Forsyth County. According to Lynda Goff,  executive director of WinstonNet, Azulstar left the partnership early this year and the group has been talking with other vendors.

Azulstar was to have partnered with IBM and Cisco on the project. Sound familiar? The trio were also involved…

Phase: Deployed

Vendors: The Pilot Broadband

Coverage Area: City hotzones; Optimist Fields; downtown Aberdeen

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