MuniWireless

Still not convinced about the value of city-owed fiber plus muni wireless? Listen to the webinar featuring Jimmy Bagley, city CIO of Rock Hill, South Carolina, about how Rock Hill uses the city’s fiber network and the municipal wireless broadband network to become more energy efficient, help the police and fire department do their work more effectively, and provide free Wi-Fi to residents in public areas. I listened to this webinar and summarized it for you below.

The city of Rock…

BelAir Networks announced today that two of its new products that include 802.11n and support for the 4.4 Ghz frequency band are being used to deliver defense applications at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Charleston (SSC Charleston).

According to a company press release, the two new products, the BelAir200D and BelAir100D Wireless Mesh Node for Defense Applications are customized for military applications and feature support for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology and other performance-enhancing features in 802.11.n.

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Florence, South Carolina has issued a request for information (RFI) for a citywide wireless broadband network that will be used primarily for public Internet access. Florence, South Carolina (19 square miles, pop. 280,000) has issued a request for information (RFI) for a citywide wireless broadband network that will be used primarily for public Internet access. The city wants respondents to propose business models that they believe will work for Florence.

The city is not interested in paying for the network as…

The South Carolina state house this week approved a bill to build a border-to-border wireless broadband network .The South Carolina state house this week approved a bill to build a border-to-border wireless broadband network . A state Wireless Technology and Communications Commission will do a feasibility study and investigate a public-private partnership to deploy the network.

Rep. Dwight Loftis, a Greenville Republican who co-authored the bill, told The Greenville News that he hopes the state can exchange access to its network…

South Carolina legislators are considering a bill that would create a state Wireless Technology and Communications Commission to deploy border-to-border wireless broadband access.South Carolina legislators are considering a bill that would create a state Wireless Technology and Communications Commission to deploy border-to-border wireless broadband access.

The state already owns infrastructure, including cell towers and spectrum. The proposed commission would explore public-private partnerships to evaluate the feasibility of deploying and operating the proposed network.

Greenville Rep. Dwight Loftis who co-authored the bill claims…